Soldier, 21, amputated his own leg to save the lives of his crew mates

She had a dislocated leg and a ruptured femoral artery. How was she supposed to "take charge" when she could have bled out in seconds. With that much blood loss she was surely in shock. Thankfully her crewmate was able to save her life as well as himself and another. He deserves a Soldier's Medal without question.

COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen F. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SPC Woody Bullard CPL Dave Hoover CW5 Jack Cardwell SGM (Join to see) Lt Col Charlie Brown SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan LTC Greg Henning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell LTC Wayne Brandon PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Douglas Bolton PVT Mark Zehner

One tough and brave individual for sure.

Thank you SPC Anthony Schepis for posting the old news from last year that 21 year-old
M1A2 Abrams tank gun loader SPC Ezra Maes inadvertently "amputated his own leg in order to save his fellow Army soldiers" during Exercise Atlantic Resolve in Poland in 2018. "He credits his cellphone for saving his life by waking him up just in time."

I don't begrudge the actions of any of the crew members in their response to this accident.

Image: 2018 Sgt. Aechere Crump and Pfc. Victor Alamo visit with Spc. Ezra Maes during their recovery at Brooke Army Medical Center. Crump and Alamo survived the tank accident with Maes in early 2018 (U.S. Army photo)

I did a little more research to learn more abouts this incident.
https://taskandpurpose.com/ezra-maes-army-leg-amputation
"On the second day of a rotation in Slovakia, he and two other crew members had fallen asleep when they awoke to realize their tank was starting to roll downhill.
The tank's man parking brake had failed, according to an Army release, and the emergency braking procedures the crew tried to initiate weren't working.
The tank started picking up speed, and was "careening down the hill at nearly 90 mph" before it eventually crashed into an embankment, the Army release says.
The collision of the tank caused Maes's leg to become caught in the turret gear, which then slid completely onto his leg."
Maes thought his leg was only broken, and was focused on getting out to help the gunner, Sgt. Aechere Crump, who was bleeding from her leg, and driver Pfc. Victor Alamo, who was stuck up front with a broken back.
"I pushed and pulled my leg as hard as I could to get loose and felt a sharp tear," Maes said in the Army release. "I thought I had dislodged my leg, but when I moved away, my leg was completely gone."
He began rapidly losing blood, and when he went to grab a tourniquet he began to feel lightheaded. So he began shock procedures, and made a tourniquet from his belt to slow the bleeding. Crump also used a belt to form a tourniquet and stop her own bleeding.
Maes called for her to radio for help, only to realize that the radio wasn't working.
Luckily, Maes' cell phone began ringing, and they realized it was the only phone with service. He sent a text and help arrived shortly afterwards.
Maes said that his last memory from the ordeal was seeing his sergeant major carry his leg on his shoulder back up the hill. He said in the release that he wanted to see if it could be reattached, "but it was pulverized."
Maes also broke his shoulder, his pelvis in three places, and his ankle. He spent a total of four months in intensive care, but is now "immersed" in occupational and physical therapy at the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
While it was a difficult road to recovery, both physically and emotionally, Maes says every day is a gift. Now, a year later, Maes is preparing to receive a "long-term prosthetic leg through a cutting-edge procedure," during which surgeons plan to implant a titanium rod into the bone of his residual limb to attach the prosthesis.
"When something like this happens," Maes said in the release. "It's easy to give up because your life won't be the same, and you're not wrong. Life will take a 180, but it doesn't have to be a bad thing. Don't let it hinder you from moving forward."

Thank you, my friend SGT (Join to see) for mentioning me.