"Celebrating life. It has been exactly 1 year and 2 days since left Iraq seeing in Fallujah the most brutal explosion . . . I was left paralyzed and started a discussion over the radio . . . I was only focused on breathing deeply so that I don't lose focus and continue the mission. (Those) were hours of agony waiting for an attack by the insurgency but we were able to exit Fallujah all alive. I was in vehicle #6. The worst was that #5 was a diesel truck, the perfect target. And I was only thinking about getting back with my family.