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Next step: buy a lottery ticket
« on: August 02, 2010, 03:27:15 PM »

Synopsis: Marine steps on IED and walks away (yes, the IED detonated):

http://www.marines.mil/unit/imef/Pages/MarineabsorbsIEDblast,walksaway.aspx

Maybe all that stuff about eating concertina wire for breakfast wasn't such an exaggeration.

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Re: Next step: buy a lottery ticket
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2010, 04:58:06 PM »
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“My first thought was, ‘Oh s---, I just hit an IED,’” he said. “Then I thought, ‘Well I’m standing. That’s good.’”

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Re: Next step: buy a lottery ticket
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2010, 07:08:08 PM »
"And I got my rifle.  That's better."
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