Sgt. Andrews has had 29 surgeries since the ISIS-K bombing in Afghanistan.
On September 13th, 2021, widow Jiennah Crayton gave birth to Levi Rylee Rose McCollum. Her late father, Rylee J McCollum, was a Marine who died on August 26th during the Afghanistan airport attack.There was a sense of danger and urgency in the air at Hamid Karzai International Airport on the evening of Aug. 26. Sixteen hours earlier, the U.S. Embassy hadAmerican citizens to stay away from the airport, and intelligence suggested an attack could be imminent.
Looking toward the gate he saw a Marine engulfed in flames being pushed to the ground and rolled. He saw another running in his direction, covered in blood, calling for a corpsman. Eventually, among the casualties, he saw Vargas-Andrews.Though he survived, Vargas-Andrews lost his entire left leg and his right arm just above the elbow.
In a particularly wrenching segment of his statement, Vargas-Andrews expressed his difficulty in sharing the recent picture.Sgt. Tyler Andrews in his hospital bed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. A video shot at a gym in Saudi Arabia two weeks before the bombing shows Vargas-Andrews deadlifting 530 pounds -- arms, shoulders, chest bulging from his tank top.
"His recovery efforts include extensive physical therapy and will take many years," the statement said."Some days are better than others, but you best believe I will still strive to be the best version of myself regardless of these injuries. I just have new challenges now and physically am a different person, but I'll see how far I can go with this new body haha," Vargas-Andrews wrote.Sgt.
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