I just finished reading Amazing Spider-Man #574, and I wanted to thank you for your story. I think I knew what had happened to Flash as soon as I saw the words “Landstuhl Regional Medical Center”, and I almost had to put the book down right there. I decided to keep going though, and I was very impressed with the realism of the story. I was thinking to myself, these guys got it right for once, meaning, a realistic interpretation of being in combat, and doing anything for your fellow Soldier. I knew there had to be more to it, and sure enough I saw a real American Hero smiling at me from the Letters Page. We wish Jeff Guerin the best, and pray for his speedy recovery. I can empathize with Jeff, and with Flash Thompson. I grew up reading all the comics my meager allowance would afford, and I would have done anything to have the ability to help people like Spider-Man does. After I graduated high school, I got out of comics for a little while. It wasn’t until I was at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that I found myself picking them up again. When you’re in a hospital bed for awhile, you obviously have a lot of free time. This story just hit so close to home for me, because I woke up just like Flash did in Germany. I lost my right leg above the knee, and my left leg below the knee to an IED in 2004, while serving with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq.
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