A double amputee veteran has laid bare the horrifying injuries he suffered in Taliban attack, and reveals mental health struggles that saw him living in a van on Dartmoor
It took about 20 minutes for the medics to arrive, which Mr McBean said was "not that long".Mr McBean said he wasn't in shock and felt the pain.
But insult was added to injury when the NHS gave him a white prosthetic arm. He and his family were forced to go private to pay £7,000 for a black prosthetic. "My dad went absolutely mental," he said. Mr McBean's marathon drew the attention of the pen-pushers at Plymouth Council, who took away his blue badge because he was able to run. It was reinstated after a years-long campaign spearheaded by local MP Johnny Mercer. He is currently embroiled in a second battle over his blue badge, which he expects to be resolved in his favour soon.Although he made an excellent physical recovery, the mental struggle caught up with him dramatically some ten years after he was injured.
Mr McBean says he is "fully independent." He added: "I’ll do school runs, and change nappies. The only thing I can’t really do is swim. My kids know about my disabilities but they don’t really know."Nuneaton-born Mr McBean moved to Plymouth as a child after his mother began a relationship with his stepfather, whom he considers his "real father". He has no memories of his birth father.
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