USMC Sgt. Joey Jones gets ready to drive into Washington, D.C., where he has an internship. He and fiancee Meg Garrison will be traveling home to Dawnville, Ga., this weekend for Jones’ son, Braiden’s birthday.SILVER SPRING, Md.-Each time Joey Jones comes home to Dawnville, Ga., cameras crowd for attention and an interview is always pending.
But on this trip, the U.S. Marine sergeant, who lost both his legs last year in an explosion in Afghanistan, just wants to see his son, Braiden, on the boy’s second birthday.
Jones and his fiancee, Meg Garrison, left Maryland on Friday night to drive back to his Georgia home for the week.
While he’s happy to talk with well-wishers and local media interested in his story later next week, the party is for Braiden and that’s private, he said.
The outpouring of support after his injuries “restored my faith in this country,” he said. “I owe it to those people to let them know how I’m doing.”