Marcus Luttrell's The Lone Survivor

As the white glitter swirls outside of the water residue stained windows, I shiver at the thought of being outside in this harsh winter. I live in South Dakota, where you can never escape the skin cracking dryness of the biting cold. Our winters are never kind, and I couldn’t imagine living in any harsher conditions. I recently read a book, however, about a man that did. This man suffered through more than just bitter cold. He suffered through the nasty habit of war. He suffered, survived, and came back to tell the most heart-wrenching story I have ever read. This man’s name is Marcus Luttrell, former Navy SEAL and the author of the novel, The Lone Survivor. After reading this heartbreaking and inspirational story, I was left utterly astounded and

He tells the story of how his team and best friends, fought till their last dying breath and even when they were bleeding out from numerous gunshot wounds, they were still giving it their all. They were targeted in those mountains by the al Qaeda and were forced to suffer through a battle of smoke, gun shots, and the constant falling on the steep slopes of the mountain. Marcus Luttrell describes the selfless act of his best friend, Michael Patrick Murphy, who walked right out into the firestorm to get a signal for a phone call for help. That is just one of the many examples of heroism that these men showed on the mountain that day. All of the men of SEAL team 10 had insurmountable courage and went through something that no human should ever have to go through. Luttrell’s account of his time in the Afghani Mountains has reminded me that I should never take my life and freedoms for granted. These men died, fighting for our military and country. The least I can do is make it all worth