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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Maybe I’ll just go to bed...
Good Night!
Gotcha last!
Dunno where ev’rybody else is, but I’ve been over here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910659/posts
Bad juju.
5 big-rigs snarled together in a “TRUCKS ONLY” tunnel under I-5 at Newhall north of Los Angeles. On caught fire and made a real carbecue out of it. That was 10:402pm last night. Finally called in the coroner who arrived after 2:00am. Hope you’ve no need to be heading north anytime soon.
Just posting a note here on the ‘fridge:
I’ll be traveling this weekend, if I can get started.
Thank you!
Ping to 797!
Now linked from my profile. Thank you again!
Safe travels!
Morning.
I’m glad things are going your way! You deserve good things!
Thanks! Things are really looking up...
How are things with you?
Things are better, here, too.
My daughter just took her first walk, and sounds MUCH better. Her BP kept dropping, so they couldn’t give her anything for pain until it stabilized.
She may go home tomorrow. And I’ll be with her on Monday, so she will be just fine.
That’s good.
I also got a camper-shell for my little truck, this morning. Free! I like it!
Are you “resting” today? When do you travel again? (I forgot.)
Yes, I'm resting today. Catching up with FR and the world; just swept off the back deck and got it ready for winter, and before that updated the church website for the first time in two weeks.
And I'm home for almost a month; we fly out Nov. 8th for Cairo. We sent off our passports yesterday for the visas.
I’ve been waiting for almost 18 months for a camper shell to show up on freecycle.com, and yesterday was the day. The guy said it must be mine, because no one else called about it! That works!
Ohyah...winter...we might have it in another six or eight weeks. Of course, that’s about how long it will last, too. ;o]
I’m glad you have time to rest up a little. Life is good!
Heading out for a trip in the countryside, camera in hand.
*clap-clap-clap*
Oh goody! Photos!
Hello! I’m back from my day of prayer, which was very interesting.
Wow!
I haven’t done that for a long time. Maybe I should....
It was great. We had a priest from the Legion of Christ who lectured us ladies on who to get our spiritual life in gear.
My first day away from the whole family in 4-1/2 years!
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