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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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1,201
posted on
10/22/2007 8:45:18 AM PDT
by
rottndog
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To: Tax-chick; sionnsar; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; tuliptree76; Dead Corpse
Hot, dry, and windy here. With all the fires, there's a layer of ash on everything. I had to put a towel at the base of my front door to keep the ash from blowing in (my door faces mecca East and the Santa Anas blow west). And I am once again reminded what slobs many apartment dwellers are...all the trash in the alleys across the street from my house is now in my front yard and entry way.
At least the wifey can't complain about my cigars....everything smells like smoke.
1,202
posted on
10/22/2007 8:53:01 AM PDT
by
rottndog
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To: sionnsar
Morning. I’m officially off-duty. Until further need, at least.
My daughter went back to work today, hopefully, only until noon, so we’ll see how she does.
Six AM? That’s still dark out!
1,203
posted on
10/22/2007 9:13:37 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: Tax-chick
Yep, I’d have to declare a Universal nap, too. Life is great when you can make the Rules!
1,204
posted on
10/22/2007 9:14:28 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: rottndog
G00d morning, rottie!
How in the world are you getting ash if the fires are in Malibu, and you’re south and east of there?
(Signed)
Confused
1,205
posted on
10/22/2007 9:16:14 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: rottndog
I remember being in El Toro when the Santa Ana’s burned Laguna Hills. We could see the fire along the hills to the SouthWest from base.
1,206
posted on
10/22/2007 9:34:50 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(What would a free man do?)
To: Tax-chick
"the 3 PM teleconf just got moved to Thursday at 6 AM"
Oh, what fun! Yah, but it's not all that unusual. Finding a mutually convenient time when my attendees are back East, UK, Germany, India, Australia and China is impossible. But this time I can at least conduct it from home.
1,207
posted on
10/22/2007 9:38:22 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
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To: Monkey Face
Morning. Im officially off-duty. Until further need, at least.
My daughter went back to work today, hopefully, only until noon, so well see how she does. Good news!
1,208
posted on
10/22/2007 9:39:32 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
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To: Monkey Face
There’s a huge fire in San Diego, apparently.
1,209
posted on
10/22/2007 9:40:37 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: All; SandyInSeattle
Happy news today.
Dino Rossi is apparently going to run for governor again!
1,210
posted on
10/22/2007 9:43:55 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Yes, it is, but having gone through spinal surgery myself, I’m leery of her working so soon. I gave her two small cushions that fit in the small of her back, and told her one stays at home, and one follows her everywhere.
She is (thankfully) listening to Mom for a change. It’s good to be home, but I miss babying her. It’s OK, though...she has a new concept of Mom, now. It’s all good!
1,211
posted on
10/22/2007 9:44:51 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: sionnsar
1,212
posted on
10/22/2007 9:45:35 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: sionnsar
1,213
posted on
10/22/2007 9:47:15 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: sionnsar
Theres a huge fire in San Diego, apparently. More than huge. This one is going to get very bad, very fast.
I've got the San Diego TV station streaming on my desktop. I lived down there for quite a few years and still have many friends in the area. I've never seen an evacuation of this magnitude.
1,214
posted on
10/22/2007 9:49:42 AM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(Some people are like slinkys, the idea of them tumbling down a flight of stairs makes you smile.)
To: SandyInSeattle
1,215
posted on
10/22/2007 9:52:24 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: All
Ugh. There seem to be a number of big fires around SoCal today.
1,216
posted on
10/22/2007 9:57:26 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Monkey Face
There’s a fire that started in Orange and has burned into Irvine.
They have already determined the Orange fire to be arson.
1,217
posted on
10/22/2007 10:38:09 AM PDT
by
rottndog
(This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
To: rottndog
Ugh. As if one fire during the Santa Anas wasn’t enough, someone has to get stupid.
Y’all need a good Pacific storm to help put it out.
1,218
posted on
10/22/2007 10:58:43 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face; rottndog
Wish I could send down the rain that isn’t falling here today.
1,219
posted on
10/22/2007 11:00:55 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar; rottndog
LOL!
That would be good, wouldn’t it?
In turn, I’d send you some of this cold.
1,220
posted on
10/22/2007 11:02:13 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
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