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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

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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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: HKMk23; Tax-chick; NicknamedBob; Monkey Face
Didn't that used to be the policy at "Harrod's" in London??

Yes, but at a much higher price.

1,541 posted on 10/25/2007 4:57:25 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: fanfan

That’s OK...I’m trying to quit.

Hiya, Sis!


1,542 posted on 10/25/2007 5:01:45 PM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
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To: NicknamedBob

I can identify with the ‘sleeping in’ part, but I am having trouble with the rest of it.


1,543 posted on 10/25/2007 5:03:04 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: Monkey Face

LOL!

Don’t quit....nothing can kill you anyway!


1,544 posted on 10/25/2007 5:05:08 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: fanfan

You’re right. I always have my *knock-knock* Invisible Shield wherever I go. Renders me impregnable.


1,545 posted on 10/25/2007 5:13:05 PM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
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To: fanfan

Hi, ‘fan! How’re things?


1,546 posted on 10/25/2007 5:15:10 PM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: sionnsar

Good thing you showed up when you did...I was ready to call it a night.

(I gotta find myself an inexpensive digital camera...)


1,547 posted on 10/25/2007 5:17:12 PM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
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To: Monkey Face

LOL!

I hope so!
What the heck would you do with a baby now?
24 hours a day? No, Sis. I think we’re done.

;-)


1,548 posted on 10/25/2007 5:19:57 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: Monkey Face
Good thing you showed up when you did...I was ready to call it a night.

Me too -- it has been a looong and busy day!

(I gotta find myself an inexpensive digital camera...)

eBay?

1,549 posted on 10/25/2007 5:21:36 PM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: sionnsar

Good, thanks.

The dog is healing, and the world seems to be turning properly.

No polar shifts recently......

(Darn, supper is ready again.....I’m sorry.)

I will answer you in the morning, properly.

Night Sion. Give LOM a kiss for me.
Night everyone.


1,550 posted on 10/25/2007 5:22:37 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: Monkey Face

Oof! I must be tired — I completely missed that.


1,551 posted on 10/25/2007 5:23:58 PM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: fanfan
Good night, 'fan!

Poor LoM is out -- she's got a bug of some kind that has wiped her out.

1,552 posted on 10/25/2007 5:24:56 PM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: sionnsar

I’ve never been to eBay, so I have no clue what to do there. That’s a place for people who can actually THINK!

It’s been a really busy day for me, too, getting that patio done. Now I can lay down and let the stuff roll over the top of me. *sigh*


1,553 posted on 10/25/2007 5:26:50 PM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
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To: fanfan

LOL!

If I did, it would be the Immaculate Deception.


1,554 posted on 10/25/2007 5:27:27 PM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
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To: sionnsar

I hate those bugs. Hopefully it will go away quickly.


1,555 posted on 10/25/2007 5:28:25 PM PDT by darkangel82 (And the band played on....)
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To: Monkey Face

I only made it over to eBay recently myself. Figured it out, but was always outbid.


1,556 posted on 10/25/2007 5:28:32 PM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: fanfan
Yeah, but they've got this REALLY COOL OPTIMUS PRIME helmet in the Toys Department for just £34.95 (be sure to hit the "Zoom" link below left of the picture).
1,557 posted on 10/25/2007 5:29:16 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Nine out of ten orcs attacking Rohan were Saruman's Uruk-hai, not Sauron's! So, why invade Mordor?)
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To: sionnsar; LibreOuMort; fanfan; rottndog; NicknamedBob; Tax-chick; HKMk23; FRiends

OK, chill-run, I’m outta here for the night.

mmmmm-WAH!


1,558 posted on 10/25/2007 5:29:22 PM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
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To: HKMk23

OK. Now I AM jealous! I was cheering all the way through that movie!

And now, good night!


1,559 posted on 10/25/2007 5:30:29 PM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
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To: darkangel82

Got any 5’s?


1,560 posted on 10/25/2007 5:31:02 PM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
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