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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: fanfan; SandyInSeattle
Bring on the Polar Shift! Only if you leave us where we are.
Although at 3:30 I turned on some lights because it was so dark in here.
1,161
posted on
10/21/2007 3:59:24 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar; Monkey Face; fanfan; NicknamedBob
Hello! Church festival is over. All survived. I think the games earned more than they cost :-).
Anoreth won $100 in the raffle.
1,162
posted on
10/21/2007 4:02:08 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("For is he not of noble birth? The first child born above the Earth!")
To: Tax-chick
WHOA! HOORAY for being in the black!
Good news for Anoreth, with Christmas coming!
1,163
posted on
10/21/2007 4:04:42 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
I think she plans to spend it when her Girl Scout troop goes to the Renaissance Festival in a couple of weeks. She was saying all weekend that she was going to win something, because “she’s lucky.”
1,164
posted on
10/21/2007 4:06:23 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("For is he not of noble birth? The first child born above the Earth!")
To: Tax-chick
All survived. A Good Thing!
1,165
posted on
10/21/2007 4:09:47 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Tax-chick
I have a friend (the one I stayed with in Utah) who is WAY lucky! She belongs to a sweepstakes club, and enters contests like they were going out of style. She’s probably won $80,000 +/- in the last four years, in cash and prizes.
I only win at bingo. *sigh*
1,166
posted on
10/21/2007 4:10:09 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: sionnsar
I agree. But my feet hurt. Aha! Here’s the return of the people who were getting our supper ...
1,167
posted on
10/21/2007 4:10:47 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("For is he not of noble birth? The first child born above the Earth!")
To: Monkey Face
My mother in law won enough to buy a car.
1,168
posted on
10/21/2007 4:11:03 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("For is he not of noble birth? The first child born above the Earth!")
To: Tax-chick
That’s so cool! I expect this friend to wind a car, or even an RV. She is so lucky!
Some days, I envy her.
1,169
posted on
10/21/2007 4:16:13 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: fanfan; Monkey Face; Tax-chick
"Stay out of my ‘weather closet’, Sis!" Fanfan is preparing for a performance of "Narnia."
Rush will play the Lion. Fan will wear the beautiful robes of the Witch, and her weather closet will stand in for the Wardrobe.
Everybody ready?
1,170
posted on
10/21/2007 4:35:23 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
To: NicknamedBob
Dang...I forgot all my spells except for “Expeliarmus!”
1,171
posted on
10/21/2007 4:37:30 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: NicknamedBob
Everybody ready?
1,172
posted on
10/21/2007 4:38:12 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Monkey Face
Dang...I forgot all my spells except for “Expeliarmus!”
1,173
posted on
10/21/2007 4:39:10 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar; Monkey Face
That will come in handy if that brat from Slytherin house finds his way into the closet.
Or out of it. Hmm.
1,174
posted on
10/21/2007 4:41:54 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
To: NicknamedBob
1,175
posted on
10/21/2007 4:42:27 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: sionnsar
1,176
posted on
10/21/2007 4:43:06 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: NicknamedBob
That will come in handy if that brat from Slytherin house finds his way into the closet.
Or out of it. Hmm.
1,177
posted on
10/21/2007 4:45:06 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Monkey Face
The Sisters of Mercy hereabouts raffle a car each year to raise money for their home for unwed mothers. One of our parishioners won the car this year, and they also won (I think) the $500 drawing at our festival.
I had given all the raffle tickets we bought to the children. If they’d won $1,000 or $500, they’d have had to put most of it in the bank, but the $100 will just be handed over. We should get a check from the parish next week.
1,178
posted on
10/21/2007 4:59:01 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("For is he not of noble birth? The first child born above the Earth!")
To: NicknamedBob; fanfan; Monkey Face; Tax-chick
1,179
posted on
10/21/2007 4:59:07 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: Monkey Face
You need to buy a nice new wand (and a crib sheet) from Anoreth!
1,180
posted on
10/21/2007 4:59:36 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("For is he not of noble birth? The first child born above the Earth!")
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