Sounds to me like he is indeed a true hero, putting the lives of others before his own. If you read the whole story it sounds as though he put himself in harms way to warn others of a pending detonation of an IED. It went off before he could get the soldiers out of the way resulting in injuries to him and others. He then spent the waning minutes of his life tending to the other wounded soldiers.
My heart goes out to his friends and family. Russel Madere wrote: > Now that is a way to go. He was wounded but treated the wounds of other > before his own. > > Sleep well my brother and rest in peace. > > >> SFC Ben Sebben. >> >> >> Combat Medic, 29 year old E-7. That is almost unheard of these days. >> >> >> >> Another paratrooper lost in Iraq. Died of his wounds while treating >> wounded soldiers, rather than seek treatment himself. >> >> >> >> http://thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070320/NEWS/703200403/1001 >> >> http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007703210409 >> >> >> >> Rest in peace brother. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231169 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
