U.S. Marine Corps veteran J.J. Hanson Fr. Mark Hodges
NEW YORK, October 9, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — U.S. Marine Corps veteran J.J. Hanson fought in Iraq but never faced an opponent as fierce as cancer.
Hanson lived an idyllic life. After successfully graduating from college with a degree in political science and public service, he served his country in Iraq. He and his beautiful wife Kristen had a healthy and energetic son. Then tragedy struck.
On May 13, 2014, Hanson was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, an inoperable malignant brain tumor. “Three different doctors told me there was nothing that they could do,” he recounted.
Understandably, Hanson fell into an overwhelming depression. “When I was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer … I went in an instant from living the American Dream … to living a nightmare,” he confided.
He was told he had only a very short time to live and would probably be dead in four months. He was told he “couldn’t beat the disease.”
“I’m thankful I don’t live in a state like Oregon, where assisted suicide is legal,” the former administrative assistant to former New York Gov. David Paterson admitted, because “in
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