Airman Fighting to stay on Active Duty after Botched Surgery

Airman First Class Colton Read with his wife, Jessica.

I hope the Air Force does the right thing and supports this Airman and keeps him on A/D!!

Airman 1st Class Colton Read looked up from his hospital bed into the face of his wife. A tube down his throat kept him from talking.

Fighting back tears, Jessica Read told her 20-year-old husband that doctors had amputated his right leg above the knee and now they needed to take his left leg, too, to save his life. And all because of a mistake during his gallbladder surgery.

Read’s lips turned white. He started to cry. He reached for a pen and paper on the tray in front of him.

“AF???” he wrote.

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