Sean Michael Lee dedicated his life to serving others.The Army veteran with more than 20 years of military experience spanning multiple deployments and companies — including as a paratrooper for the vaunted 82nd Airborne Division — did not retire his commitment to help others when he finished his military career."His entire life was in service to others.Up until the very end, Sean was always thinking of others," Steven Rozina told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.Rozina, now the deputy chief operating officer for the nonprofit Independence Fund, which helps provide services and support to wounded veterans, met Lee when he too joined the nonprofit to continue his career of service.ARMY VETERAN PARATROOPER WHO DEPLOYED TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN BEFORE HELPING RESCUE FOX NEWS REPORTER DEAD AT 50Sean Michael Lee in Iraq.
(Fox News)"He immediately took me under his wing as somebody to teach you how to help others," Rozina told Fox News Digital.Rozina outlined Lee’s impressive post-military resume, which spanned three continents in his efforts to continue helping people."I think it was 2021, the fall of Afghanistan.Sean answered that call again.
He helped evacuate thousands of our Afghan allies, people that worked with us, people that are our friends, that are still our friends today," Rozina explained.MCCHRYSTAL, BRIDGELAND: WANT TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA? REQUIRE A YEAR OF NATIONAL SERVICE"He got done with that mission and Sean answered the call again.When Russia invaded Ukraine, he went to Poland," Rozina said.
"He helped set up aid stations, helped set supply lines.And even when a Fox News reporter, Benjamin Hall was injured and was essentially lost, Sean was that guy that helped organize the efforts to bring Benjamin home.
Sean was never the guy on the, on the front page of the paper, but he was always there."Coordinating a rescue operation from Poland via another nonprofit group, Save Our Allies, Lee was instrumental in the efforts to bring Hall home afte...