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U.S. Soldier Has RPG removed by Insanely Brave Doctors!

submitted by SFOGuy

1 decade 10 months ago

From LiveLeak:
"A Soldier from the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) United States Army in Eastern Afghanistan get's hit in the chest with an RPG that doesn't detonate."

Extremely brave Army surgeons remove the explosive from abdomen.

Read more at "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392699/Incredible-story-Channing-Moss-soldier-survived-impaled-unexploded-bomb-Afghanistan.html"

So, did some background research; the soldier who was hit was Channing Moss; he survived, went onto receive several medals (Purple heart, duh, and Medal of Valor) and then leave the Army, marry and have a child.

The Blackhawk MedEvac team were all volunteers--policy says they didn't have to move him with a live warhead--but they agreed to do so.

The lead surgeons were too (Major John Oh and Major Kevin Kirk)---again, same reason.
The guy NOT in scrubs (just gloves) in the foreground is an explosive ordinance disposal expert (Sgt. Dan Brown) brought in once the surgeons had the exposure they needed to get the RPG warhead out.

I suspect the warhead did not detonate when it hit the soldier because it needed a solid (not "flesh" surface) to arm.

Just for the background; the RPG in question is apparently considered to have a 30 foot antipersonnel kill radius.