(WICHITA, Kan.) —
The images that come out of a war zone can never replace the experience of being there. Just ask Staff Sgt. Derek Moody.
"Unless I came out and tell you, you would never know what I have been through," he said in an interview Wednesday.
His resume includes eight years in the military, three tours in Iraq, and a list of injuries you couldn't imagine. He's been shot seven times, had both of his legs broken in an explosion, and hit by shrapnel. He can poke his finger through his combat helmet where it was hit by a sniper's bullet.
He's a disabled American veteran, no longer dealing with the physical scars, but still fighting a battle with his emotions.
"The skin can heal, but unless you address the post-traumatic stress, it can kill you as easily as a bullet can," he said.
