Posted on 10/04/2007 12:28:20 PM PDT by the scotsman
'Drowning in 3ft of ditch water, his leg trapped under a two - ton truck , Royal Marine Mark Farr must have thought there was no way he would make it out of Afghanistan alive.
But he reckoned without the heroism of his fellow Marine, Colour Sergeant Carl 'Tatts' Tatton, who braved Taliban mortar fire to lift the vehicle by himself, although it was 13 times his body weight.
Marine Farr, 29, dubbed his rescuer 'The Incredible Bulk' after the superhuman feat.
"Without Tatts I'd have drowned," he said. "I owe him my life."
Now back in Britain, Colour Sergeant Tatton has spoken out for the first time about the adrenaline rush that allowed him to move the truck on November 5 last year.
The 38-year- old from Ford, Plymouth, said unassumingly: "When you see one of your mates in danger, you just react."
But his senior commander, Lieutenant Colonel Andy Price of 3 Commando, refused to accept such modesty, saying: "Colour Sergeant Tatton gave no thoughts to his own safety.
"This is typical of the man - he embodies the very highest standards of the Royal Marines." '
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That is an interesting addition, but puzzles me. It is October 4th as I write, and the reference to “November 5” would put that statement as made nearly a year ago. I suspect the date, whatever it is, is related to Gallipoli.
November 5th is Guy Fawkes Day - He tried to blow up Houses of Parliament in 1605.
On that day there are Bon Fires and fireworks all over England.
The is a saying about Guy Fawkes that he was “the only man to ever enter parliament with honourable intentions”.
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