"Omar found his brother in the makeshift field clinic, in the basement of the town's mosque.

"Once he saw me, he shouted 'Omar!' -- shouted with all his strength. I didn't see what happened, I just saw blood. When I got closer I saw his leg and I just yelled and I started crying."

Abdulrahman's leg was amputated; there was no way to save it. It was practically entirely severed just below the knee.

"After he woke up I was crying, I couldn't control myself, and he said, 'If you love me don't cry,'" Omar recalls, eyes slightly widening, acknowledging our amazement at his brother's strength. He says Abdulrahman made him promise not to cry in front of their mother."