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To: raccoonradio

Is 1:11 where he gets shot—and again if so why doesn’t he appear to be in agony? Again note he’s bent over for a moment as if he’s just been SHOT
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As any combat vet can tell you (myself included) I have been shot twice and pain is not the first indicator. Instead it is intense pressure from the area from the velocity of the projectile. The body reacts instantly shutting down nerve endings in the area resulting in a numb feeling in the actual wound area. I was hit in the chest which went into the lung collapsing it and all I felt was pressure and numbness. 8 hours later dragged off the field in a poncho, dumped into the back of an APC then onto the floor of a huey troop transport under fire which of course caused being loaded a hurried lift and dump, even with all the jostling no pain. It was at the field hospital when they lifted my arm that I had covering my chest did the pain hit and I passed out. The bodys defense mechanisms from trauma are remarkable.


77 posted on 10/05/2013 7:51:09 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: redcatcherb412

Thanks for the info and thanks for your service!


86 posted on 10/05/2013 10:02:14 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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