REVEALED: The US troops recovering in Walter Reed after suffering gunshot and blast wounds, facial paralysis and burst eardrums in ISIS-K suicide bombing that killed 13 Americans in Kabul
More than a dozen devoted United States Marines are at Walter Reed hospital following the deadly ISIS-K suicide blast that left 13 US service members dead—with many of the wounded warriors facing a long, grueling road to recovery.
The deadly attack comes after President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by August 31.
The evacuation process was been marked by weeks of violence and chaos, which came to a bloody climax last Thursday when up to two suicide bombers attacked outside Kabul airport.
The assault left more than a 13 service members dead, with more still being rushed to Walter Reed in Washington D.C. in dire condition.
Lance Corporal Romel Finley III of Kenosha, Wisconsin, was critically injured in the bombing.
Lance Corporal Romel Finley III of Kenosha, Wisconsin, suffered a blast injury after the attack on Kabul, and was left in critical condition
Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart (left) also sustained serious injuries as a result of the blast, and 'will have a long road of rehabilitation and recovery ahead of her'. Cpl. Wyatt Jay Wilson (right) suffered facial and chest trauma, multiple shrapnel wounds to his abdomen and extremities and underwent surgery to repair his jaw, and will require several more surgeries while at Walter Reed hospital
Lance Cpl. Salvadore Lule (left) was stationed with his team in Kabul when the bombings occurred, and was seriously injured as a result. Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews, (right) of Folsom, California, has undergone nine surgeries since the deadly blast, and has only just now opened his eyes for the first time
'His wounds will impact his life forever,' shared a family friend who posted an update on Romel's condition with a GoFundMe page, organized to help the Marine's family deal with the severe situation.
In the post, he also revealed that Romel, a young man, has suffered partial face paralysis, multiple gunshot wounds, shrapnel throughout his body, and a broken hip.
Romel's mother, Lynda, also shared on update on her son's condition through social media, saying, 'he still has a long road of recovery and rehab ahead of him,' and that 'he is laser focused on physically healing his body so he can get back to his brothers.'
Like Romel, many more seriously injured Marines are faced with the long, painful road to recovery as a result of wanton attack, including Corporal Kelsee Lainhart, who was also severely injured.
According to a GoFundMe page posted by someone close to her family, Lainhart—who graduated from Indiana's East Central High School in 2019—'sustained serious injuries and will have long road of rehabilitation and recovery ahead of her.'
A few days ago, Lainhart's father, Glen, told a local news outlet that her vital signs are now stable.
Another Marine injured in the blast was 23-year-old Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews, of Folsom, California, whose injuries were also extensive.
According to a GoFundMe made by Vargas-Andrews' superior, Marine Charles Schilling, they will alter the course of the young man's life forever.
An explosion occurred in Kabul on Sunday just hours after the US Embassy ordered all staff to leave the airport because of a 'specific, credible' threat
The US Marine Corps posted a photo to Twitter Sunday evening, of the flag flag-draped caskets of their fallen brethren killed in Thursday's suicide bomb attack in Kabul
Sergeant Vargas-Andrews's mother, Tiffany, has been at her son's side throughout nine grueling surgeries, as doctors desperately try to put her son's body back together.
She recently shared through social media that her son only yesterday opened his eyes at Walter Reed, aware of his surroundings for the first since the explosion.
Lance Cpl. Salvadore Lule was also stationed with his team in Kabul when US forces were attacked in the bombing and also seriously wounded, with major injuries on both the upper and lower parts of his body.
Lule grew up in California's Coachella Valley and graduated from La Quinta High School in 2019, joining the service shortly thereafter.
Lule's close family members are flying to the East Coast to be with him this week, according to a GoFundMe posted to help his family during his recovery process.
Cpl. Wyatt Jay Wilson was also injured at Kabul after the suicide attack.
Wilson sustained a multitude of life-threatening injuries and was medevacked to Germany out of Afghanistan, where he had emergency surgery on his lung and was stabilized enough to be transferred to the states. He was then transferred to Walter Reed.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are captured arriving at Walter Reed Thursday night where some Marines who were injured in the ISIS-K terror attack are recovering
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are seen departing Walter Reed Thursday night after spending one hour and 48 minutes with wounded troops
Wilson suffered facial and chest trauma, multiple shrapnel wounds to his abdomen and extremities and underwent surgery to repair his jaw.
What's more, he's been medically sedated the entire time, with a tracheal and chest tube inserted in his body to quell internal bleeding.
According to a GoFundMe page posted by a family friend, Wilson will require multiple surgeries on top of the ones that he's already undergone, as well as many hours of therapy at Walter Reed.
The father of another Marine injured in the attack said his son had to have his leg amputated below the knee.
Meanwhile, President Biden and first lady Jill traveled to Walter Reed Thursday night.
The Bethesda, Maryland, facility currently houses a great deal of troops injured in the attack.
The president and first lady took a motorcade to the national military medical center and left the press outside.
However, photographers were able to capture staff unloading flowers and gift baskets as the president and first lady arrived.
The first couple stayed for an hour and 48 minutes.
White House officials wouldn't confirm whether the Bidens visited servicemembers wounded in the ISIS-K attack in Kabul, Afghanistan last Thursday.
President Biden has taken heat for the United States' frenzied exit from Afghanistan after a nearly 20-year war.
The administration has been criticized for appearing flat-footed as the Taliban took control of the capital city of Kabul in mid-August, several weeks before the United States' August 31 pull-out deadline.
Even now, after ISIS-K terror group pulled off the deadly suicide attack outside Kabul's airport, Biden remained steadfast in his conviction that the war is over, and that US troops should leave Afghanistan.
No comments