Tony Stark is the richest man in the world, with his company, Stark Industries, gaining millions of dollars every year in weapons. Tony Stark makes a public announcement on how he's going to be visiting the Middle East to demonstrate the testing of a missile. However, when driving out in the Middle East, a mine blows up on the car, and Tony Stark is injured, with shrapnel injected into his heart. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~