Few young adults would have the maturity and bravery to voluntarily have their leg amputated, but one British former soldier is now reaping the benefits from that courageous call.
Owen Pick was still only a teenager when he chose to give up on the leg which had been causing him excruciating pain for the previous 18 months.
During his first tour of Afghanistan with the Royal Anglian Regiment as a fresh-faced 18-year-old, he stepped on the bomb which cut short his military career before it had had the chance to start.
