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Military Medical Team Makes the 'Toughest Call' (GI IMPALED BY BOMB - courage abounds!!!)
ABC News ^
| 9/22/07
| Ruth Reiss
Posted on 09/23/2007 7:46:56 AM PDT by paulat
Unexploded Rocket-Propelled Grenade Impales Army Private in Afghanistan By RUTH REISS
[snip]
One RPG skidded past Lt. Mariani's vehicle. All of the vehicles had to quickly get out of the "kill zone." But before they could get to safety, two rockets hit Pvt. Moss' Humvee.
Staff Sgt. Eric Wynn, 33, the soldier in the front passenger seat, felt one slice through his face. Moss remembers the truck practically lift up. He was thrown up against the Humvee and then moved to return fire.
"I smelled something smoking and I looked down ... and I was smoking," he said.
Wynn turned to tell Moss where to fire and saw the tail fins of the RPG sticking out of Moss' side.
Roughly the length of a baseball bat, an RPG travels at the speed of a bullet. At the front end is the warhead -- a large grenade. The detonator and fuel are contained in the shaft. On the back are its fins, pieces of metal that stick out like legs on a camera tripod. The RPG is the weapon of choice for many of the world's guerillas.
Luckily for Moss, the company medic Spc. Jared Angell, 23, who the soldiers call "Doc," was in his Humvee
[snip]
A Human Bomb The RPG that had plowed into Moss' lower abdomen stretched from one hip to the other. If the RPG went off, it would kill everyone within 30 feet of him. Yet Angell stayed close, bandaging his wounds and stabilizing the weapon so that movement wouldn't cause it to explode.
Moss was still fully conscious, so Angell ordered him to not look down at the injury. He didn't want Moss to panic.
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To: Monkey Face
Bill Cosby said his dad told him, “Don’t worry about getting senile. If it happens to you ... you won’t know it.”
1,861
posted on
10/29/2007 3:45:55 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
To: NicknamedBob
1,862
posted on
10/29/2007 3:51:40 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
Surprise! Happy Birthday!
1,863
posted on
10/29/2007 3:57:10 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
To: NicknamedBob
You talkin’ a me?
What was your name, again?
1,864
posted on
10/29/2007 3:59:12 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
I’m Steve, your sex therapist.
Ready for your session?
1,865
posted on
10/29/2007 4:04:15 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
To: NicknamedBob
I thought you were here to give me lessons?
1,866
posted on
10/29/2007 4:05:41 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
1,867
posted on
10/29/2007 4:16:07 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
To: NicknamedBob
Ah. Which cookbook are we going to use?
1,868
posted on
10/29/2007 4:18:30 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
Let's try this one:
1,869
posted on
10/29/2007 4:21:26 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
To: NicknamedBob
Ahyes...”101 Ways to Serve Chocolate In Bed.”
I thought I recognized that cover.
1,870
posted on
10/29/2007 4:24:41 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: NicknamedBob
Well, I'm not quite sure how you do that, but it sounds like a nifty trick.
I'll bet it will save you lots of time and money on air flights, too. LOL.
Yah, it would be nice but with my luck part of me would get lost going through the network routers. And there's an operation involved called "fragmentation" that could get dicey.
1,871
posted on
10/29/2007 4:30:04 PM PDT
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sionnsar
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To: sionnsar
"And there's an operation involved called "fragmentation" that could get dicey." Literally.
1,872
posted on
10/29/2007 4:34:52 PM PDT
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NicknamedBob
(Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
To: NicknamedBob
Always that cutting wit. You’re sharp, NnBob!
1,873
posted on
10/29/2007 4:42:53 PM PDT
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sionnsar
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To: sionnsar
If you had to have me for company all the time, you’d work at entertaining yourself too.
1,874
posted on
10/29/2007 4:50:14 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
To: NicknamedBob
1,875
posted on
10/29/2007 4:51:26 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: NicknamedBob
If you had to have me for company all the time, youd work at entertaining yourself too. Oof! Very clever!!
1,876
posted on
10/29/2007 4:58:41 PM PDT
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sionnsar
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To: Monkey Face
How are you this afternoon, ‘Face! Better I hope...?
1,877
posted on
10/29/2007 4:59:09 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
I’m still wishing I were someone else, but it’s not as bad as it was this morning. Hopefully, that’s a good sign.
;o])
1,878
posted on
10/29/2007 5:01:56 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
Im still wishing I were someone else, but its not as bad as it was this morning. Hopefully, thats a good sign. I take it as a good sign. I for one am glad that you're you, because if you weren't you I wouldn't know to whom it was I'm talking. Or something like that.
But (seriously, and I know that's frowned on in the UT) I pray you'll be feeling better... several minutes ago. Or something like that.
1,879
posted on
10/29/2007 5:07:06 PM PDT
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sionnsar
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To: Monkey Face
1,880
posted on
10/29/2007 5:07:59 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
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