Never will I die /
Gutteridge, Toby.
Never will I die / Toby Gutteridge with Michael Calvin. - London : Bantam, 2022. - 275 pages ; 24 cm.
There's no pain, no theatrical agony. No screaming, no shouting. The kill shot is catastrophic, yet surgically precise. I slumped silently on to my knees and toppled forward, head first, into the dirt. The lads had seen enough death to assume mine was instantaneous. The lights were out. That's him gone. Toby Gutteridge was only 24 when he was shot through the neck while operating behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. He survived despite not breathing for at least 20 minutes. Back in the UK, doctors recommended that his life support machine be switched off, but with the defiant spirit that would define his recovery, Toby pulled through. Now quadriplegic, capable of movement only with his head, Toby has rebuilt his life. His is an extraordinary story of survival against overwhelming odds, and of the power of the human spirit to overcome extreme adversity.
9781787635463 (hbk.) : 20.00 1787635465 (hbk.) : 20.00
Gutteridge, Toby.
Great Britain. Royal Marines. Special Boat Service.
Special forces (Military science)--Great Britain--Biography.
Quadriplegics--Great Britain--Biography.
Biography.
Biography.
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Autobiography: general.
Autobiography: historical, political & military.
True war & combat stories.
Self-help & personal development.
VE57
920 GUT
Never will I die / Toby Gutteridge with Michael Calvin. - London : Bantam, 2022. - 275 pages ; 24 cm.
There's no pain, no theatrical agony. No screaming, no shouting. The kill shot is catastrophic, yet surgically precise. I slumped silently on to my knees and toppled forward, head first, into the dirt. The lads had seen enough death to assume mine was instantaneous. The lights were out. That's him gone. Toby Gutteridge was only 24 when he was shot through the neck while operating behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. He survived despite not breathing for at least 20 minutes. Back in the UK, doctors recommended that his life support machine be switched off, but with the defiant spirit that would define his recovery, Toby pulled through. Now quadriplegic, capable of movement only with his head, Toby has rebuilt his life. His is an extraordinary story of survival against overwhelming odds, and of the power of the human spirit to overcome extreme adversity.
9781787635463 (hbk.) : 20.00 1787635465 (hbk.) : 20.00
Gutteridge, Toby.
Great Britain. Royal Marines. Special Boat Service.
Special forces (Military science)--Great Britain--Biography.
Quadriplegics--Great Britain--Biography.
Biography.
Biography.
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Autobiography: general.
Autobiography: historical, political & military.
True war & combat stories.
Self-help & personal development.
VE57
920 GUT