I thought it was incredible that after all of what all those blokes had been through they were still powering through and training themselves up for London 2012.
"In fact Derek had fallen into a coma. He was flown to the UK and, nine days later, he woke up in Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, where many of Britainâs war wounded are treated. His wife Anna, 34, was at his bedside. âI was confused because I thought I was still in Afghanistan,â he says. âAnna was crying. I said I was hot and wanted to take my boots off. Then I said I wanted to go to the lavatory. 'You canât go to the lavatory,â she said. 'Why not?â I asked. She couldnât answer. Instead she took out her phone and took a photograph and showed it to me. I saw that I had no legs. 'This is how you are now,â she said."
People like those blokes reflect the best of the British.