{"product_id":"survivors-guilt","title":"Survivor's Guilt","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSurvivor's Guilt\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal painting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy Timothy Colomer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, \u003cstrong\u003e50 United States Marine Corps EOD technicians were killed\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of them were friends of \u003cstrong\u003eTimothy Colomer\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, Timothy carried the weight of having survived when others did not. 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