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

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

[paulat]

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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[sionnsar]

This thread, dedicated to the bravery and nobility of our soldiers, has been hijacked as the October location of the Undead Thread. taken over by the Undead Thread for the month of October in order to keep alive a story of our troops' courage that must not go unnoticed.

(There. Fixed it.)

[Monkey Face]

I have some technical queries...

I’ll see you on FReepmail...

[rottndog]

};00þ

[sionnsar]

"...Once, on a flight to somewhere (other than India) I actually got my preference!"
We can only hope! I would have gone for German, but that's because I don't do "spicy." More power to ya!

"German" doesn't exist in the airline food preferences, but I put "hindu" because 1) it's vegetarian (not that I'm a vegetarian, but too often of late I find meat unpalatable -- sometimes partways into the meal), and 2) I tend to like Indian "hindu", spicy and all. There was a breakfast I had once in India -- almost "burn your mouth out" hot, but oh so delicious!!! When I return in February, I hope to learn more about this breakfast.

It all makes German food (even, yum, sauerkraut) look totally bland.

[Monkey Face]

Hey, rottie!

[NicknamedBob]

"(There. Fixed it.)"

Just remembering what Robert Heinlein said about editors ...

[sionnsar]

(I lied)

No, you didn't. You were merely caught in a predictive error! *\;-)

Unless of course you really & truly lied.

[Monkey Face]

I suspect I was German in my former life. Maybe even in my next life!

That, or I was a Princess-In-Training... ;o]

[rottndog]

Hey you!

Up late tonight, I see....

[Monkey Face]

*blush*

BUSTED!!!

[darkangel82]

Stay as long as you want, it’s only about 8pm for you, right?

[rottndog]

Just remembering what Robert Heinlein said about editors ...

I think he would have blasted them out for an Ordeal In Space.

[Monkey Face]

Ecktually, 1930...

Hi! How are you?

[sionnsar]

That, or I was a Princess-In-Training... ;o]

Princess-In-Training

"Was" is the operative verb. "Princess" or "Queen" I leave to the list. You "Rock" or "Rule" here....

[rottndog]

psssst.....

I won’t tell a soul.

[Monkey Face]

AI-yi-YI!

You are the MAN, sion!

Thanks for the lauds! (I’m so...so...*shucks* so humbled!)

[Monkey Face]

*tanks*

[darkangel82]

Great. Just watched my Indians stop the Yankees flat.

[darkangel82]

stomp*

[editor-surveyor]

Good link, thanks!