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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLee asked us to report on the passing of Marine Staff Sergeant David Lyon, who was an Explosive Ordinance Disposal technician who lost his legs in a blast four years ago. According to KSL.com<\/a>, he had adapted well and was living his life in an exemplary manner;<\/p>\n His parents said he battled his way back from the explosion to lead an active and inspiring life. That’s why they were stunned when he died after long-term complications last week.<\/p>\n “He was cheerful, and he was strong,” said his mother, Lynette Lyon.<\/p>\n American flags line the street and in front of Gordon and Lynette Lyon’s home in Syracuse. As they shared photos of their son playing with their grandson, they talked about what the Marine Corps meant to him.<\/p>\n “It was a very big deal,” Lynette said. “He planned to only do that. That was what his life was about.”<\/p>\n As an EOD bomb tech, David was one of the Marines who put himself in harm’s way to detonate bombs so they wouldn’t hurt anyone else. He deployed five times to combat zones, including two each to Afghanistan and Iraq. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n It appears that complications arose and caused his heart to give out.<\/p>\n His parents were stunned when David was hospitalized again last week in San Diego. The family had time to gather around David before he died from heart complications and a stroke related to his previous injuries.<\/p>\n His father served in the Navy, and his brothers have served in the Marines, the Air Force and the Utah National Guard.<\/p>\n Gordon said he aspires to live like his son in the way that he gave of himself. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n I didn’t know David, but now I sure miss him.<\/p>\n