Back in the Game: One Gunman, Countless Heroes, and the Fight for My Life Audiobook (Free)

The ‘gripping and inspiring’ true story (Washington Examiner) of how Congressman Steve Scalise survived a political mass shooting and returned to Congress with the help of his friends, family, and faith.

On the morning of June 14, 2017, at a practice field for the annual Congressional Baseball Game, a man opened fire on the Republican team, wounding five and almost eliminating Louisiana congressman Steve Scalise.

In heart-pounding style, Scalise’s minute-by-minute accounts tells not just his very own about Back in the Game: One Gunman, Countless Heroes, and the Battle for My Life harrowing story, however the stories of heroes who emerged in the secs after the shooting began and proved helpful to save lots of his life and the lives of his colleagues and teammates.

Scalise delves in to the backgrounds of every hero, wanting to know how everyone wound up correct where they would have to be, right when they needed to be there, and in possession of just the data and experience they needed in order to save his life. Scalise takes us through each wonder, and each person who experienced it. He brings us the storyplot of Rep. Brad Wenstrup, an Army Reserve officer and doctor whose combat knowledge in Iraq uniquely ready him for the assault that morning; from the people of his security detail, who acted with almost cinematic courage; of the police, paramedics, helicopter pilots, and stress team who emerged together to save his life.

Most significant, it tells of the citizens from around America who arrived together with techniques big and small to help one thankful man, and whose prayers raised up Scalise through the most severe days of his hospitalization. As we follow the gripping, poignant, and ultimately inspiring story, we begin to realize what Scalise learned firsthand in real time: that People in america consider one another, and that there is a lot more uniting us than dividing us.