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<\/p>\nJordan Stannard may not understand how he made it through the crash that claimed his left foot, but there\u2019s one thing of which he is certain.<\/p>\n
As an active dad of two daughters \u2014 a toddler and a newborn \u2014 there\u2019s no time for negativity. <\/p>\n
\u201cI have a responsibility to my daughters to be the best dad that I can be. I never want them to say \u2018Dad got in an accident and he was never the same. Dad got hurt and he\u2019s been angry ever since,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no room for feeling bad for myself or being angry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, Stannard\u2019s life changed in an instant. He was loading his 2-year-old daughter, Sadie, into the family\u2019s Tesla after a play date and trip to the grocery store in Venice. His wife was on the other side of the car preparing to put the couple\u2019s newborn, Shae, inside. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s when Stannard heard the initial crash. <\/p>\n
A GMC truck slammed into a Mercedes SUV that was waiting for a parking spot along Venice Boulevard and then came barreling toward Stannard and Sadie. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou can kind of feel it vibrate when it\u2019s that close to you,\u201d the Los Angeles native said of the impact. \u201cWhen that happened, I just thought, \u2018Get Sadie in the car, just get her in the car.\u2019 I specifically remember what it looked like \u2014 the truck coming at me. I blinked, and then I felt the impact of the truck hitting me.\u201d <\/p>\n
Stannard remembers lying on the pavement and looking up at the blue sky, not yet feeling any pain, and realizing that he\u2019d actually been hit. His left foot was in bad shape, but he was alive and his daughter, who he was able to get into the car before the impact, was uninjured. The panicked screams of his wife filled his ears.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when the first in a series of helpers rushed to his aid. He credits the nurse and the off-duty lifeguard who applied a makeshift tourniquet to his leg and the firefighter who talked him through his pain on the way to the hospital with helping to save his life. <\/p>\n
Doctors ultimately had to amputate his left foot and ankle. Stannard is now at a rehab facility working on his mobility and continuing to heal so he can be fitted for a prosthetic in the next few months, he said.<\/p>\n
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Jordan Stannard lost his left foot and ankle after being hit by a truck in Venice. <\/p>\n
(Courtesy of Jordan Stannard)<\/p>\n