José Martínez, Afghanistan veteran and surf champion

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1. 3 Mar 2012Background

   US Army soldier José Martínez loses three limbs to Afghan roadside bomb

   José Martínez, a US Army soldier, was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on 3 March 2012 and became a triple amputee.

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   9 Nov

   US veteran who lost three limbs in Afghanistan now surfs, and asks: what was it for?

   José Martínez lost three limbs to a bomb in Afghanistan in 2012. After beating addiction, he became a world adaptive surf champion, and now he is heading to Ukraine.