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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: fanfan

Good Night fanfan!


661 posted on 10/09/2007 5:15:39 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: timydnuc

God bless you and thank you for your service.


662 posted on 10/09/2007 6:56:45 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: rottndog

Good morning. Running the vacuum here; catz are upset!

Then it will be time to run.


663 posted on 10/10/2007 5:20:28 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("There is no such thing as death for a Christian who believes in the Resurrection." ~ Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Dawgreg
You're welcome. But, thank these guys will all your heart. Us old Nam vets had our turn, now it's time for these brave men. Thank them often because they are fighting for the freedom of all people.

So, to all of our service personnel, thank you, and God bless and keep you. Thank you for my freedom.

664 posted on 10/10/2007 5:50:42 AM PDT by timydnuc (I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face

Good Morning!

The dogz love the vacuum....I never hear them bark so loudly.


665 posted on 10/10/2007 7:02:31 AM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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666?

666 posted on 10/10/2007 7:03:00 AM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: fanfan

I’m sorry, Sis! It was a stressful day for me. I’ll try to stay on longer today.

*HUG*


667 posted on 10/10/2007 7:18:44 AM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
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To: Tax-chick

They’re going to move her to a different hospital tomorrow, then she’ll have surgery on Friday, from the sounds of things. They need to get her pain stabilized.

So I probably won’t be here Friday until later. She thinks she won’t come out of the anesthesia, so I’m going to hold her hand.


668 posted on 10/10/2007 7:22:55 AM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
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To: rottndog

Morning, rottie!


669 posted on 10/10/2007 7:23:34 AM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
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To: Monkey Face

We’ll miss you! I hope everything goes smoothly for both of you.


670 posted on 10/10/2007 7:38:13 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("There is no such thing as death for a Christian who believes in the Resurrection." ~ Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Tax-chick

I’m sure it will. I have great faith in the healing properties of the human body, and with today’s technical advances, I’m relieved that she’s having the surgery here, and not in some country with socialized medicine.

Besides: I plan on doing some praying... :o])


671 posted on 10/10/2007 7:47:27 AM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
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To: Monkey Face

So will I!

Oh, look, here’s a kitten on my foot. She chased her ball under the desk.

Wednesday has vanished.


672 posted on 10/10/2007 7:49:04 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("There is no such thing as death for a Christian who believes in the Resurrection." ~ Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Tax-chick

LOL!

Kittens keep feet warm!


673 posted on 10/10/2007 7:51:44 AM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
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To: Monkey Face

Yes, but she thought my toes were more interesting than the ball!


674 posted on 10/10/2007 7:52:24 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("There is no such thing as death for a Christian who believes in the Resurrection." ~ Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Tax-chick

LOL!

I’m going to do a “TC” and head for Wal-Mart. Be back soon!


675 posted on 10/10/2007 7:54:44 AM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
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To: Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; rottndog; fanfan; sionnsar

Here’s a little language humor to fill your afternoon, if it needs fillin’: Eggcorns!

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/


676 posted on 10/10/2007 8:13:50 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("There is no such thing as death for a Christian who believes in the Resurrection." ~ Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Monkey Face; Tax-chick
Kittens keep feet warm!

677 posted on 10/10/2007 8:37:33 AM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: Tax-chick; All

Lookee what I found:

Many, Many Funny Kitty Pix!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1726059/posts


678 posted on 10/10/2007 8:42:31 AM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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To: rottndog

Look what I found! Mondegreens!

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/mondegreens.shtml

True story: There’s a Christian pop song that includes the words, “You’ve stolen my heart with your love ... you’re the king of the world,” which we’ve been hearing as “You’ve stolen my horse with your club ... you’re the king of the wolves.”

People should enunciate!


679 posted on 10/10/2007 9:29:54 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("There is no such thing as death for a Christian who believes in the Resurrection." ~ Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: rottndog

I had a cat that loved Igor’s smelly shoes. The odor was akin to catnip evidently, because the cat would play as far into the shoe he could get, then race around doing kitty antics for the next 30 minutes.


680 posted on 10/10/2007 9:42:29 AM PDT by Monkey Face (It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
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