Former Marine Infantryman Michael Hampton said he was out on the street when he was hit by a car. “I died and woke up in the morgue,” he said. Not only did the VA keep his broken body alive with titanium body parts, they also gave him an experimental post-surgery morphine reduction method involving acupuncture-like treatments in his inner ear. He said the stand down, with so many resources in one place, was beneficial to vets like him, “especially right now.”