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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.
[snip]
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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: sionnsar
Last post?
1,741
posted on
10/27/2007 7:08:45 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: darkangel82
Last post?
I just finished coloring Anoreth’s hair. Ferocious Fuschia. Now she’s all set for Hallowe’en.
1,742
posted on
10/27/2007 7:12:51 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Moonshine and bloodshed," said Newman. "A murder by moonlight," laughed Madame de Bellegarde.)
To: Tax-chick
Did it resemble my font color in 1741? lol
1,743
posted on
10/27/2007 7:14:09 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: darkangel82
Lighter, more pink. She’ll be visible for miles!
1,744
posted on
10/27/2007 7:15:16 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Moonshine and bloodshed," said Newman. "A murder by moonlight," laughed Madame de Bellegarde.)
To: Tax-chick
Good for Halloween, but it might not go over too well on Sundays.
1,745
posted on
10/27/2007 7:22:37 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: sionnsar
Ah, Paris! One of my favorite cities on the planet! I always stay at a little hotel on the Left Bank by the Pont St. Michel.
1,746
posted on
10/27/2007 7:34:08 PM PDT
by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
To: Kolokotronis
1,747
posted on
10/27/2007 8:46:47 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched/Jefferson)
To: Kolokotronis
K, I thought your hotel was close by! Was that "Albe " or "Alba" (the latter being the Gaelic name for Scotland)?
In any event, I have a pleasant memory of a lunch with LoM and my Japanese friend/colleague a short block away at an outdoor restaurant on the southeast corner of the Quai de Montebello and the bridge to Notre Dame.
1,748
posted on
10/27/2007 10:10:12 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Finally!
Got my new laptop! I was suffering from FR & Undead Thread withdrawal.
I changed jobs, and my former employer wanted to keep their computer...what nerve! But all is well that ends well - the new one is finally here and working. Yes!
1,749
posted on
10/27/2007 10:10:40 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
("They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." -Thomas B Reed)
To: NonLinear
Welcome back!! And with time to spare before our move to a new home.
There's been discussion of creating a "loop" by revisiting a former home. What do you think?
1,750
posted on
10/27/2007 10:12:45 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
1,751
posted on
10/27/2007 10:15:24 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: sionnsar
I calculate a 41% probability of creating a rift in the fabric of time and space, but that implies a 59% chance of success!
If it has never been done before, then what better reason than to do it now...except by definition it has been done before...sort of.
1,752
posted on
10/27/2007 10:56:45 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
("They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." -Thomas B Reed)
To: darkangel82
Good for Halloween, but it might not go over too well on Sundays. I'll lend her a head scarf.
Wow, it's bright! She's going to get a shock when she sees it in the mirror. Maybe this will be the end of the "weird hair color" phase :-).
1,753
posted on
10/28/2007 4:25:10 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Moonshine and bloodshed," said Newman. "A murder by moonlight," laughed Madame de Bellegarde.)
To: Kolokotronis
My mother likes Amsterdam better, but she goes to Paris every couple of years. I don’t know where she stays; wherever the USAirways crews are lodged, I suppose.
1,754
posted on
10/28/2007 4:26:18 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Moonshine and bloodshed," said Newman. "A murder by moonlight," laughed Madame de Bellegarde.)
To: NonLinear
Good morning! Congrats on the computer!
1,755
posted on
10/28/2007 4:26:42 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Moonshine and bloodshed," said Newman. "A murder by moonlight," laughed Madame de Bellegarde.)
To: sionnsar
Its the Hotel D’Albe. Was the cafe the St. Severin? Nice part of the city isn’t it!
1,756
posted on
10/28/2007 4:54:04 AM PDT
by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
To: NonLinear
Hey! Welcome back! You’ve been missed!
1,757
posted on
10/28/2007 6:33:48 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Kolokotronis
1,758
posted on
10/28/2007 6:35:03 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Tax-chick
If it was my hair, I would wear it proudly! It’s only a temporary color, anyway, so why not enjoy it?
Life is too short to worry about “what will people think?”
1,759
posted on
10/28/2007 6:36:58 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
I think the present color is semi-permanent, but it’s bound to fade, at least. Plus, her hair was recently cut, so it’s going to grow out within ... some reasonable period.
It’s perfect for the Tonks costume :-).
I admit I’m a bit shocked, I’m sure I’ll get used to it.
1,760
posted on
10/28/2007 6:38:46 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Moonshine and bloodshed," said Newman. "A murder by moonlight," laughed Madame de Bellegarde.)
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