[Sir Gawain]

And he still lived through both blasts...

[fso301]

And he still lived through both blasts

Since reports exist that ground action was already taking place, he may have been in the process of fleeing through the date palms. As could be seen from the strike video, the date palms provided fairly significant blast containment and re-direction.

He may have been sheilded by the palms just enough to prevent instant death.

[bannie]

And he still lived through both blasts...

...just long enough to suffer and to KNOW who got him.