Wednesday 23 July 2008

A deserved medal from George

A marine working in Afghanistan hears the click as the detonator fires in a hand grenade he has dislodged from a booby trap. He has about 3 seconds to do something. Running is not an option; it would not get him out for killing circle and colleagues would also get injured.

So, what to do? What he does do is thrown himself backwards so that his back-pack covers the grenade. It is all there is between the pain of a big bang and his soft skin and brittle spine. Someone up there was watching over him - maybe St. Peter was a marine.

I am uncertain whether military service attracts this sort of quick-thinking and brave individual or whether it is their training that makes them heroes.

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