Adrian Gastelum is a friend of mine who I have known since I was 5 years old. He always wanted to be a …show more content…
He recalls being a junior in high school when he heard the news. “I was in gym class,’ says Ben. Ben recalls watching the two hijacked airplanes crash into the twin towers on the TVs that day in his gym classroom. “My gym teacher told the class a statement that I still know word for word to this day.” “What did he say?” I ask. “Whoever is joining the military in here raise your hand.” So Ben and a couple of his classmates proceeded to raise their hands while their teacher tells them, “May god be with you guys. You guys are going to be going to war with these guys soon.” Ben Sandoval had wanted to join the military as a medic ever since he was a young man, but he admits that the thought of going to war made him have second thoughts. After months of speaking with recruiters by the end of the school year When as a Corpsman and was told his leaving date would be in July 2003 and he would serve from July 2003-2008. When Ben finished his senior year he was 19 years old and he only had a month to spend time with loved ones before he had to report to boot camp. After 8 weeks