![]() ![]() "The Wise family has sacrificed tremendously at an unprecedented level. Sileo, who formed a deep friendship with Beau while co-writing their book, said the moment he heard the story he wanted to help tell it. "I didn't take that news very well at the time," Beau said. Beau, as much a warrior as his brothers, resented it at the time. James Amos that he would not be put in harm's way - the only service member to be kept from combat in the Afghanistan war for such a reason. "And I think you find a way to justify survivor's guilt, and that's how you know you've got it."Īs the sole survivor, Beau was told by then-Marine Commandant Gen. "I went through a period of 'Why them?' I think, and it doesn't make any sense looking back now, but one of the things that I always thought about was the fathers - why the fathers were lost," Beau said. "Did you go through a period where, 'Why us? How is this possible to lose two brothers?'" Raddatz asked. It's just the shock and then almost immediately, just numb," Beau told Raddatz. "I just went numb, that seems to be my initial response to grief. And they eventually lifted him to Landstuhl Hospital in Germany, and after six days, he eventually succumbed to his wounds."īeau and Ben's wife, Tracy, made it to the hospital to see Ben in his final moments. "And he was a fighter and he fought for six days. ![]() he took eight to 10 rounds that traveled south to north through his chest, legs and groin," Beau told Raddatz. "He was breaching a cave in Balkh Province, Afghanistan, and as he was going around the entry hole. ![]() Like Jeremy, Ben died from wounds suffered in Afghanistan. ![]()
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