Alive Day

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>How long does it take to burn to death? </em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>This question raced through </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>Sam Brown's</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)> mind as he burned alive alongside a dirt road in Afghanistan. At 24 he was pursuing his lifelong ambition of serving in the US military when his vehicle detonated one of the Taliban's bombs. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>Sam </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>was desperate for death to end his pain. Instead a fellow soldier extinguished the blaze.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>Sam's </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>life had been saved but for what purpose?</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>Sustained by his newfound faith </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>Sam </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>endured a long painful recovery as he grappled with losing his physical identity his military career and his dreams of making an impact. Yet he also discovered the power of serving others and embarked on a seemingly impossible love story. In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>Alive Day </em><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>Sam </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(52 52 52 1)>shares his inspiring story of perseverance hope and faith taking readers from the ashes of a life lost to the freedom of an identity that cannot be shaken.</span></p>