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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.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: rottndog
What part of ? are you having trouble with?
901
posted on
10/15/2007 1:51:25 PM PDT
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fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: Tax-chick
New tagline. I’ve been using recycled taglines for quite a while; no creativity! I've been using the same one too long, but don't know how to cram more messages into it.
902
posted on
10/15/2007 1:55:45 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: fanfan
903
posted on
10/15/2007 1:57:30 PM PDT
by
rottndog
("The Ides of October they have come"....."Aye, but they are not gone....")
To: fanfan; sionnsar; Tax-chick; Monkey Face
904
posted on
10/15/2007 2:00:18 PM PDT
by
rottndog
("The Ides of October they have come"....."Aye, but they are not gone....")
To: rottndog
905
posted on
10/15/2007 2:59:32 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Halloween, so practice safe hex.)
To: fanfan
No mohawk, just purple. She wants spikes for Halloween, though. We’re trying out different goobers to see what works!
The education secretary at church (nice lady, older than me) told us how to make really tall Mohawks!
906
posted on
10/15/2007 3:02:29 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("It continues to loop within the sphere of one's skull - an earworm, dread and implacable.")
To: Monkey Face
907
posted on
10/15/2007 4:34:37 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Monkey Face
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908
posted on
10/15/2007 5:03:04 PM PDT
by
rottndog
("The Ides of October they have come"....."Aye, but they are not gone....")
To: rottndog
All smiles, are we today?
909
posted on
10/15/2007 5:13:48 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Oh, maybe about 75% smiles....
910
posted on
10/15/2007 5:16:43 PM PDT
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rottndog
("The Ides of October they have come"....."Aye, but they are not gone....")
To: rottndog
911
posted on
10/15/2007 5:20:34 PM PDT
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sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Well, light hearted smirks, anyway.
912
posted on
10/15/2007 5:21:47 PM PDT
by
rottndog
("The Ides of October they have come"....."Aye, but they are not gone....")
To: rottndog; SandyInSeattle
LOL. How're things?
We just went overnight from a horribly sunny autumn weekend (with a bit of haze) into our usual dreary gray drippy autumn. Lovely!
913
posted on
10/15/2007 5:25:23 PM PDT
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sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Overcast and drizzly/rainy all day. Starting to get chilly around these parts.
I may actually have to wear pants to work in the near future.
914
posted on
10/15/2007 5:31:11 PM PDT
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rottndog
("The Ides of October they have come"....."Aye, but they are not gone....")
To: rottndog
Unless the alternative is a kilt, I’m not wanting to know.
915
posted on
10/15/2007 5:33:30 PM PDT
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sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
OK, so I wore long pants today...had to see a lawyer.
916
posted on
10/15/2007 5:35:32 PM PDT
by
rottndog
("The Ides of October they have come"....."Aye, but they are not gone....")
To: rottndog
917
posted on
10/15/2007 5:36:43 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: tuliptree76; All
Whatever happened to Tulip?
918
posted on
10/15/2007 5:37:15 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar; tuliptree76
Me too.
I think Dr. Tulip is busy doing Dr. stuff.
919
posted on
10/15/2007 5:47:55 PM PDT
by
rottndog
("The Ides of October they have come"....."Aye, but they are not gone....")
To: rottndog
Ah. Well, I can understand that. I used to have time for FR during the workday, but at least for the time being that's going to be the exception.
And that's a good thing, actually. *\:-) I like my job again.
920
posted on
10/15/2007 5:51:29 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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