Meet Daniel Nimrod Harder. He suffers from severe PTSD. He is an Army soldier who has been ON the wall in Germany when it came tumbling down. He was standing UNDER the Challenger when it fell from the sky. He was NEXT to his friend’s side when war ‘games’ went bad. He used every medical skill he knew trying to save him, but stayed with him until his dying breath.
He was IN the Pentagon on 9-11. He was one of a handful of first responders (a medic) immediately on the scene. He repeatedly went back into the wreckage to pull multiple injured and burning people out, permanently injuring his own back and legs doing so.
Danny suffers from severe PTSD. He struggles daily, but September 9 and the days leading up to it are particularly difficult.
He was traumatized by the plane that flew into the Pentagon and now terrified of the sound of jetliners, so much so that he had a heart attack when the engines roared to action during take-off.
PTSD is real. It sucks the life from the bravest, but it is ‘earned’ by BEING the bravest; by going where few dare to go and doing what few dare to do.
This is my brother, Danny. Please pray for him today. Please pray for acceptance of what he could not change, pray for thankfulness that he was present to save all he could, pray for peace for what he has done and seen - and pray for the grace to move on in honor or those who didn’t.
This is my brother, Danny. I am proud of the survivor in him, the will to move on and the determination to put one foot in front of the other on days he just doesn’t want to. The strength it takes to do so is a Nimrod trait. We are not quitters, but peace is evasive, something we never seem to find.
Pray for my brother to finally be free from the PTSD. Forever.
Pray for my brother, and pray for others with PTSD. May they find the peace to continue to live and to honor the ones left behind.
I love you Danny. You are amazing. I am proud of you. ❤️
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