Saturday, October 14, 2006
This Is an Amazing Story of Self-Sacrifice
SEAL falls on grenade to save comrades By THOMAS WATKINS, Associated Press Writer
Fri Oct 13, 3:02 PM ET
CORONADO, Calif. - A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor had been near the only door to the rooftop structure Sept. 29 when the grenade hit him in the chest and bounced to the floor, said four SEALs who spoke to The Associated Press this week on condition of anonymity because their work requires their identities to remain secret.
"He never took his eye off the grenade, his only movement was down toward it," said a 28-year-old lieutenant who sustained shrapnel wounds to both legs that day. "He undoubtedly saved mine and the other SEALs' lives, and we owe him."
This puts flesh on words like 'courage' and 'love' (cf. John 15:13, 'Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends').
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(LvMemeorandum.)
