Military Medical Team Makes the 'Toughest Call' (GI IMPALED BY BOMB - courage abounds!!!)

ABC News ^ | 9/22/07 | Ruth Reiss

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Unexploded Rocket-Propelled Grenade Impales Army Private in Afghanistan By RUTH REISS

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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

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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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Good news out of Canada, eh?
Kyoto accord, RIP

Really good news, Sion.

Our government is moving slowly, but they're moving. :-)

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Close to the top of the page back to you.

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Hi, Sis!

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Well, we do have to move the thread after tomorrow.

[fanfan]

Hi Sweety!

Are you still not well?

[Monkey Face]

The story of my life! LOL!

I just over-did it the last few weeks, what with my daughter’s post surgical care, and my need to get my things out of boxes and into weatherproof tubs before the weather turns bad.

If I stay low for the next couple of days, I should be OK by the weekend. I hope. If I be a good girl...

[fanfan]

If I be a good girl...

You're always good!

[Monkey Face]

You only say that because it’s true!

;o]

[rottndog]

If I be a good girl...

You're always good!

SAY IT AIN'T SO!

[darkangel82]

Last post?

[Monkey Face]

SAY IT AIN'T SO!

"And when she was bad, she was marvelous!" ~~ Mae West

[rottndog]

Apparently not.

[Monkey Face]

;o]

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[Monkey Face]

I just heard Robert Goulet passed away.

[sionnsar]

LOL! How are you today?

[sionnsar]

I just heard Robert Goulet passed away.

[Monkey Face]

I’m better, thanks!

I have learned to keep a low profile when I really feel bad, as that seems the only way I can beat the CFIDS ~~ let it “win” for a few days!

At any rate, I don’t want to push my luck, so I’m heading off to bed. I’ll see y’all tomorrow.

[Monkey Face]

And it’s LOCKED???

[sionnsar]

Oh. It’s a duplicate.

[sionnsar]

Here's a great one: Oboe Player Gets Into the Fight

[Monkey Face]

OK. I got it all, the Goulet, and the oboe. (What else is there...?)

G’night!

[sionnsar]

Good night!

(They're expecting us to wear costumes at work tomorrow. Not sure I want to pull out the old William Wallace-style highlander outfit. Pleating up the kilt is a bit of a task.)

[NonLinear]

Good night moon!

[rottndog]

Oboy!

[rottndog]

Good Night!

[NonLinear]

And good morning!

[NonLinear]

Happy Halloweed!

[NicknamedBob]

Halloweed?

You stuffing that switch-grass into your fuel tank again?

[NonLinear]

Whoops!

My boss just got back from Jamaica...must have had some of the stories he was telling hanging out in the subconscious area!

However, these little mistakes pave the way for learning things we never wanted to know, such as:

[Tax-chick]

Hi!

[sionnsar]

Not sure I want to ask...

[Monkey Face]

Morning, all. I think I’m here. I’m better than yesterday ~ the nausea is almost gone, but things will have to wait one more day for me to do.

They aren’t going anywhere, so there is no rush.

Life is good!

[Tax-chick]

Happy Wednesday!

[Monkey Face]

Yes she is, I’m sure!

Tonight is the time for the “critters” to go forth and coerce treats from unsuspecting humanoid units.

Back in my younger days, we would take the kidlings and also a cocktail glass, hoping for a treat of our own!

[Tax-chick]

LOL! Wednesday can sit in the window and glare at the neighbors with her baleful yellow eyes.

[sionnsar]

Moving Day approaches...

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Where to?

[sionnsar]

All will be revealed in due course. *\;-)

[sionnsar]

But I think you’ll like it.

[darkangel82]

Is it a super top secret location?

[sionnsar]

Well, I could tell you but then... *\;-)

[Monkey Face]

I suspect I won’t hold my breath too long...”just in case.”

;o]

[sionnsar]

A little while yet -- I have to get some work done today.

Put on the highlander costume today. I don't think I've worn it here since 1998, and so not many folks here have see it. Caused a few distractions...

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I’d love to see pictures...

[Tax-chick]

Howya! We’re getting ready for Hallowe’en.

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