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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
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; americasbest; angellisanangel; catz; dangeruxb; grenade; heroes; medic; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; oef; rpg; sionnsar; spcjaredangell; undead; undeadthread; wia
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To: No2much3
I’ll come up with something later this week. Our weather just did the sudden change this week, so I am finally awake. During the summer I am a bit of a slug and often don’t want to put energy into much.
To: ARE SOLE
WOW! What incredibly brave soldiers. About time the MSM reported this kind of story.
142
posted on
09/25/2007 1:51:19 PM PDT
by
CDB
(Michael Yon is the Ernie Pyle of the War on Terror)
To: Professional Engineer
Wow. What a story. IMO, Brown the EOD man should have received more than a Bronze star for his part. God Bless our Troops.
143
posted on
09/25/2007 2:12:32 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
To: 2ndClassCitizen
My daughters beau was in a vehicle in Iraq. An RPG hit the vehicle and penetrated it. Fortunately the RPG did not explode. My daughters beau is coming home to be with her on Tuesday. After reading this, I know how really lucky my daughter and her boyfriend are. Your Daughter's beau is very fortunate. Thinking of what could have happened, I hope it stays with him in tough times to realize that but for the grace of God he could be another statistic that the anti war Libs flash around.
144
posted on
09/25/2007 4:56:22 PM PDT
by
submarinerswife
("If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
To: submarinerswife
She knows that Pelosi, Hillary, Murtha, and others like them have betrayed the soldiers in time of war.
To: 2ndClassCitizen
She knows that Pelosi, Hillary, Murtha, and others like them have betrayed the soldiers in time of war. So, knowing that, you should never worry about her becoming a Dem or a sucker who beleives everything at face value. You raised her right!! LOL
146
posted on
09/26/2007 8:42:50 AM PDT
by
submarinerswife
("If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
To: submarinerswife
I continually have to readjust my own beliefs. Too often I am suckered into believing one thing, just to find that it was not entirely accurate. Sometimes, I see that there is a certain correctness in differing viewpoints.
But the democrats, they have been getting loonier by the year. And their undermining of the troops while the troops are getting shot at is pure poison.
But my daughters read widely and try to interpret. I just hope they can use their minds and not follow the pied pipers of this world.
To: Monkey Face; KoRn; GrammaBear; Eaker; Lady Jag; rottndog; Peanut Gallery; Professional Engineer; ...
148
posted on
09/30/2007 4:55:23 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Monkey Face; KoRn; GrammaBear; Eaker; Lady Jag; rottndog; Peanut Gallery; Professional Engineer; ...
* This Month's Thread * |
is in honor of our troops |
and their courageous service |
149
posted on
09/30/2007 4:55:39 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Here!
Now to check out the new digs...
150
posted on
09/30/2007 4:56:44 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
To: All
We’re keeping this story alive.
151
posted on
09/30/2007 4:56:46 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
I’m in!!
Thank You Troops for your fabulous service to our nation.
To: sionnsar
153
posted on
09/30/2007 4:59:41 PM PDT
by
Guenevere
(Duncan Hunter...President '08)
To: sionnsar
All I can say is: OUCH!
Impaled by an RPG?!
Prayers up for recovery.
154
posted on
09/30/2007 4:59:44 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(If you set something free, and it returns, it must really like being captive.)
To: Darksheare
155
posted on
09/30/2007 5:00:24 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
156
posted on
09/30/2007 5:02:34 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: Darksheare; sionnsar; All
157
posted on
09/30/2007 5:05:10 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
To: Jet Jaguar; Frank Sheed
I just couldn’t let this story go dead quite yet.
158
posted on
09/30/2007 5:06:13 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
159
posted on
09/30/2007 5:07:12 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: sionnsar
Hi! I’ll have to check out the place tomorrow - got to mediate the cat situation.
160
posted on
09/30/2007 6:14:08 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("This is funny." ~ last words of "Doc" Holliday)
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