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70-year-old Marine veteran fighting for his life after braving devastating rowhouse explosion to rescue strangers
theblaze.com ^ | November 27, 2022 | PAUL SACCA

Posted on 11/27/2022 1:51:02 PM PST by lowbridge

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1 posted on 11/27/2022 1:51:02 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Wow. Impressive. Prayers up#


2 posted on 11/27/2022 1:54:53 PM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: lowbridge

Brass ones. Get well ASAP.


3 posted on 11/27/2022 1:58:16 PM PST by EEGator
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To: lowbridge

The text got a little blurry reading that.


4 posted on 11/27/2022 2:06:17 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: lowbridge

He is a Man’s Man and a Marine, but I repeat myself.


5 posted on 11/27/2022 2:16:58 PM PST by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
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To: lowbridge

Semper Fi, brother! Prayers uplifted!


6 posted on 11/27/2022 2:18:16 PM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: lowbridge

I sent this to some Marine friends of mine.

I encourage everyone else to likewise.


7 posted on 11/27/2022 2:21:34 PM PST by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! R)
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To: lowbridge

Very impressive, but stupid.


8 posted on 11/27/2022 2:21:55 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lowbridge

A good man, a real man, and a real Marine.


9 posted on 11/27/2022 2:28:33 PM PST by livius
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To: lowbridge

Semper Fi brother; prayers up for you!


10 posted on 11/27/2022 2:38:13 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Very impressive, but stupid.

Bravery and honor always look stupid to the dishonorable coward.

11 posted on 11/27/2022 2:40:49 PM PST by xone ( )
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To: lowbridge

Prayers. Real heroes don’t wear capes.


12 posted on 11/27/2022 2:41:09 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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My thoughts: I’m 90 y.o., but somehow, I feel jealous (that’s not not quite the right word) for this man. It would be great, when you lie down to die, to think you did something heroic in your life, that gave a young person chance to live.


13 posted on 11/27/2022 2:43:46 PM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: lowbridge

God bless this good man, heal him of all wounds and may his noble spirit shine.


14 posted on 11/27/2022 2:43:49 PM PST by McGavin999 (A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: xone

Bravery and honor always look stupid to the dishonorable coward.

Agree with you. Chicken Littles have opinions, too. But they would be better off if they just STFU.

“ but my purse, my purse, you didn’t save my purse!”


15 posted on 11/27/2022 2:43:55 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.”


16 posted on 11/27/2022 2:51:24 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: xone

Its stupid because he already had obligations and duties to his own family. He also still probably could have assisted in safer ways for a 70-year old.

Something impressive and admirable can still also be stupid.


17 posted on 11/27/2022 2:52:49 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

sure


18 posted on 11/27/2022 2:54:00 PM PST by xone ( )
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To: lowbridge

U.S. Marine, what else would you expect?


19 posted on 11/27/2022 2:54:09 PM PST by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Something impressive and admirable can still also be stupid.

Having never been forced to make such a decision, you can go to bed tonight and pray such a decision is never yours to make. How would you live the rest of your life knowing you were a coward and someone died because of that cowardice?

Or would you even care"

20 posted on 11/27/2022 2:59:54 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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