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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: Nightshift

ping...
have to go to article link...it’s a few pages


561 posted on 10/07/2007 10:22:18 AM PDT by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: sionnsar

‘N’abend, meine Herr.

Schlafen zie gut!


562 posted on 10/07/2007 10:59:16 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy.)
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To: tutstar
Thinking about your tagline ...

tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)

I'm considering using this one ...

NicknamedBob (World ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)

Problem is, some folks would think I was serious.

563 posted on 10/07/2007 11:15:35 AM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Aw, come on Bob....You’d get off the planet if you had a chance...

I would, as long as I had the option of coming back.


564 posted on 10/07/2007 12:35:14 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: sionnsar

I’ll raise a full stein along with you...

Have fun!


565 posted on 10/07/2007 12:36:14 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: Monkey Face
No spreche Deutch...

};oþ
566 posted on 10/07/2007 12:37:27 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: rottndog
"Aw, come on Bob....You’d get off the planet if you had a chance."

You don't understand. It's helping others on or off that is the real opportunity.

567 posted on 10/07/2007 12:46:48 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: NicknamedBob
You don't understand. It's helping others on or off that is the real opportunity.

Helping or herding...
568 posted on 10/07/2007 1:08:51 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: rottndog

Ever hear of a “Buffalo Jump”?


569 posted on 10/07/2007 1:46:42 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: Monkey Face
And skin make-up was made with arsenic. It gave you a lovely clear complexion.... until you fell over dead.
570 posted on 10/07/2007 3:22:36 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
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To: NicknamedBob
Ever hear of a “Buffalo Jump”?

Vaguely familiar....something to do with Buffalo Gal?
571 posted on 10/07/2007 3:42:54 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

LOL!

I just read a book that was set in 1870’s London, and the main character was self-medicating with arsenic drops.

YOIKS!


572 posted on 10/07/2007 4:05:38 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy.)
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To: rottndog

Wie getz?

*HUG*


573 posted on 10/07/2007 4:08:14 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy.)
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To: Monkey Face

nien, no getz.

*HUG*

*bummed—the Angels totally choked to Boston*


574 posted on 10/07/2007 4:15:30 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: rottndog

Awww...I’m sorry....

I haven’t watched sports since MNF went to ESPN. Ruined MY life...:o([


575 posted on 10/07/2007 4:35:07 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy.)
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To: Monkey Face

I don’t get cable...just listen on the radio. Aah, whatever....disappointed but not surprised. At least now the next month of my life won’t be taken up with the baseball playoffs.

There’s always next year....


576 posted on 10/07/2007 4:46:24 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: rottndog

I suspect I’d listen to the stereo if I was 1) younger and/or, b) married. Sometimes, I just have the TV on loud enough to where I don’t feel alone.

When I was younger, I preferred music, and the TV was seldom on during the day. Times changed, and so did I.

I’m trying to decide if that’s a good thing....


577 posted on 10/07/2007 4:50:06 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy.)
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To: Monkey Face

Welp, I need to head for bed. I’m still not feeling all that great, so I want to try and get a good night’s rest. *snort* (Haven’t seen one of those in a long time.)


578 posted on 10/07/2007 4:53:11 PM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for halloween, so practice safe hex.)
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To: Monkey Face

I could listen to the radio all day long...it’s one of those things where I can actually do something productive and still be entertained.

I’ve been listening to games as long as I can remember. I would much rather listen than watch, as long as the broadcasters are good (and the Angel’s announcers are great).


579 posted on 10/07/2007 4:54:07 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: rottndog

Good Night ‘Face!


580 posted on 10/07/2007 4:54:31 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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