![]() ![]() “I try not to complain about the physical elements there are so many people out there dealing with the same things or worse. Only she harbors no antagonism, no bitterness, no hate. Most recently, hope was dashed by disappointment after Lynch suffered an allergic reaction to a new, specially crafted leg brace. That is the side where her foot was crushed, and that has ignited a host of complications derived from overcompensating on her right side. Her left side is still riddled with the strange discomfort of numbness from nerve damage. She cannot sit for too long without fiery jabs in the parts of her back that broke. ![]() Each morning begins with pulling on a leg brace. Things that had once been second nature now have to be done methodically and with great effort. For Jessica Lynch, every waking moment serves as a haunting reminder of all she endured as America’s first prisoner of war in the early days of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. ![]()
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