00:00 My own experience in Afghanistan was really affected by that flight home.
00:03 And as we took off, the curtain in front of me blew open.
00:07 And all you could see was the air hospital.
00:11 Three young British soldiers, all wrapped in plastic,
00:16 and their bodies in pieces.
00:18 I saw what only people had talked about.
00:21 That was the real trigger for,
00:24 I'm now seeing the real cost of war.
00:28 Not just those individuals, but also their families,
00:30 and what that would mean,
00:31 and how their lives would literally change forever.
00:33 It took me time to realise that in war, it's not just the soldiers,
00:38 and it's not just those on the front line that pay such a heavy price.
00:41 It's everybody.
00:43 Stepping foot off the plane,
00:47 I was angry that this has happened to these guys.
00:49 I was angry that the media weren't covering it.
00:51 I was angry that I'd been pulled out.
00:55 But at that point, it wasn't clear to me what needed to be done.
00:59 All I was trying to work out and try to navigate was,
01:02 "OK, I've got this platform, I've just had this experience,
01:04 "what can I do with it?"
