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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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: sionnsar
1,941
posted on
10/31/2007 12:24:29 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
All will be revealed in due course. *\;-)
1,942
posted on
10/31/2007 12:27:52 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Monkey Face
But I think you’ll like it.
1,943
posted on
10/31/2007 12:32:14 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Is it a super top secret location?
1,944
posted on
10/31/2007 12:58:38 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: darkangel82
Well, I could tell you but then... *\;-)
1,945
posted on
10/31/2007 1:06:01 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
I suspect I won’t hold my breath too long...”just in case.”
;o]
1,946
posted on
10/31/2007 1:14:17 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
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...
1,947
posted on
10/31/2007 1:31:52 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
I’d love to see pictures...
1,948
posted on
10/31/2007 1:45:40 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: TASMANIANRED
Howya! We’re getting ready for Hallowe’en.
1,949
posted on
10/31/2007 1:46:59 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Moonshine and bloodshed," said Newman. "A murder by moonlight," laughed Madame de Bellegarde.)
To: All
To: All
To: Soaring Feather; Monkey Face; KoRn; GrammaBear; Eaker; rottndog; Peanut Gallery; ...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
1,952
posted on
10/31/2007 2:34:50 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,Election '08...It's going to be a bumpy ride,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø)
To: sionnsar
"Put on the highlander costume today. ... Caused a few distractions..." Did you add realism by removing a head or two? That would have caused a distraction.
"In the end there can be only reruns."
1,953
posted on
10/31/2007 2:35:06 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
To: sionnsar; Monkey Face; KoRn; GrammaBear; Eaker; rottndog; Peanut Gallery; Professional Engineer; ...
You called...
1,954
posted on
10/31/2007 2:38:00 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,Election '08...It's going to be a bumpy ride,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø)
To: sionnsar
Well, I could tell you but then... Ooooo will Dick Chaney be there? Will he let me borrow his duck gun?
1,955
posted on
10/31/2007 2:42:56 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
To: Lady Jag; All
To: Soaring Feather
Howdy Feather, Dahling.
1,957
posted on
10/31/2007 2:44:19 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: Lady Jag
Can we haz a treet.
1,958
posted on
10/31/2007 2:45:54 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: NicknamedBob; sionnsar
Cuz he did it the offical way and left out the skivvies.
1,959
posted on
10/31/2007 2:49:00 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: Lady Jag
How do you the wavy line in your tag,
1,960
posted on
10/31/2007 2:50:21 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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