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RPG Embedded In Soldier, Surgery Of Removal

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The story is about Channing Moss, who was impaled by a live RPG during a Taliban ambush while on patrol. Army protocol says that medivac choppers are never to carry anyone with a live round in him. Even though they feared it could explode, the flight crew said damn the protocol and flew him to the nearest aid station. Again, protocol said that in such a case the patient is to be put in a sandbagged area away from the surgical unit, given a shot of morphine and left to wait (and die) until others are treated. Again, the medical team ignored the protocol. Here's a short video put together by the Military Times, which includes actual footage of the surgery where Dr. John Oh, a Korean immigrant who became a naturalized citizen and went to West Point , removed the live round with the help of volunteers and a member of the EOD (explosive ordinance disposal) team. Moss has undergone six operations but is doing well at home in Gainesville , GA. I think you'll find the video absolutely remarkable.

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  • WoW(tears)

  • anybody else read the book?

  • The surgeon was a brave man and a courageous man. He was a sapper work. It's awful. But the patient has survived and it was good. The surgeon must be a friend of the family for this guy. He gave him a second life.

  • @kjkmpmm I am Canadian ,but I couldn't agree with you anymore , Thank you American veterans , Canadian veterans and everyone else who fought in the war and all those who are still fighting.

  • I read your story in a book heros of afghanistan ten true tales or something like that. Thanks for surving for our freedom.

  • He is so lucky that RPG was made in china

  • @liljav11 that is a little scary ,

  • everyone in this video is a hero period, and to be walking on this planet with them is an honour

  • when soldiers cry, they always sorry- like if they are not allowed to or it is a bad thing.

    all you want to say is ! it´s okay man, get it out"

  • Yea i got a RPG to the chest what of it?

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