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3/3/2008 5:16:01 AM
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Holy Crap! CPL Jared Foster survives 50 cal through the stomach!
Taken from [url=http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51015]this[/url] thread after I heard about it on my local news.
[quote]On March 24, 2005, he was working in Baghdad. He'd just come off what they call "fire watch", or night patrol, and was about to lay down on a cot, inside a tent, to take a nap, when he heard something go off. He thought it was a grenade.
"I saw smoke," he remembers. "Then I looked down because I felt something really cold, and when I lifted my hand up, it had blood all over it." He also remembers yelling and trying to stand up, but his body wouldn't let him. Within two minutes, the young Marine was unconscious.
A 50-caliber rifle, sitting about five feet behind Foster, had discharged. The bullet went in through his back and out through his stomach. "I think they found the bullet about a mile and a half down the road in a dirt berm," Foster says. "They'll go the distance, 50-cals hold a lot of punch."
Foster hasn't heard of any other person in the world surviving a 50-cal round. He says the Iraqis are terrified of them and that the bullets are actually meant more for heavy artillery, like armored vehicles or tanks.
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That is crazy, read the rest of the article for more info.
Discuss
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] big team basher It happens in CoD 4 all the time. >_>[/quote] This is true.
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God must have a great plan for this guy...
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Wow. He probably survived because he was so close to the gun when it went off. Instead of blowing him in two pieces it just riped a hole in him like a shotgun. He's pretty lucky though. S3N
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It happens in CoD 4 all the time. >_>
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BattleRifle BR55 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Poopybub No. Way. [/quote]Everybody knows friendly fire weakens the damage done :P But in all seriousness, that is amazing. He is one lucky guy.[/quote] He wasnt that lucky to get shot in the 1st place...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MyFavoriteBroom Abs of steel?[/quote] more like Abs of kevlar/ceramic/depleted uranium...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] lepsis3942 nu-uh, impossible, it was my impression that they explode when they hit their target to get through layers of armor plating [/quote] Well, your impression is retarded at best and a fig nuton at worst. .50 cals have multiple load types, and yes zinc-oxide fill is one of them (used in heavy artillery and tank busting) most of what our boys use in the field are just full metal jackets. Perfect long range, high accuracy, and heavy impact.
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Ouch. Like, serious ouch.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Bornswavia That gun must have been playing to many violent video games...[/quote] If you read the full article, you'd know that one of his buddies accidently set the gun off.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Bornswavia That gun must have been playing to many violent video games...[/quote]I blame the parents
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And to think, hes only going to get a purple heart for surviving a .50 caliber round, they need to make like, an Invincible heart.
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That gun must have been playing to many violent video games...
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Well, to be realistic, most things hit by 50 cal bullets are at least 50 feet away. He was at 6 feet. Who's not to say the bullet was not at full potential velocity? Anyways, he's still tough [i]and[/i] lucky. A very good combination.
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I just read the actual story. and I think you all are taking this thing too lightly. He didn't just get shot and go, Dang, I just got hit. He got Mangled by that thing I may never live a normally life again.
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hes a lucky one
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The Business 117 In regards to whoever up there thought it would tear him in half.. The thing said it was fired from five feet away. Not exactly positive, But I think the bullet Stretches as it travels. So the wound it gave him wouldn't be as fatal if he were to be hit from a couple hundred yards away. I could be terriblly off though. [b]Don't quote me on this.[/b][/quote]To late, Mr. I know everything about ballistics
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In regards to whoever up there thought it would tear him in half.. The thing said it was fired from five feet away. Not exactly positive, But I think the bullet Stretches as it travels. So the wound it gave him wouldn't be as fatal if he were to be hit from a couple hundred yards away. I could be terriblly off though. Don't quote me on this.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SmugOstrich [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MyFavoriteBroom Abs of steel?[/quote] Lawl. Who shot him?[/quote] Accidental discharge.
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They forgot to turn friendly fire off, duh.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Audon Tomn [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ShadowGuy1285 That sounds painful. I mean, around 45 surgeries? Goddamn that sounds awful. Hope he'll be alright.[/quote] I think he's doing fine now.[/quote] Not to be strange, but can you imagine the discovery chanel special that is going to make someday?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MyFavoriteBroom Abs of steel?[/quote] Lawl. Who shot him?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ShadowGuy1285 That sounds painful. I mean, around 45 surgeries? Goddamn that sounds awful. Hope he'll be alright.[/quote] I think he's doing fine now.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Poopybub No. Way. That's impossible, it [i]has[/i] to be. If that is true, then that is one [i]tough[/i] corporal. I guess that just proves that Marines are invincible. I'm assuming that this was friendly fire as well.[/quote] The gun discharged moron..... Anyways that is pretty amazing I would promote him for being more badass than Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan combined! The idiot shouldn't of had the gun facing the way it was though >.> [Edited on 03.02.2008 10:54 PM PST]
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Incredible. I've seen what a 50 can do...
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That sounds painful. I mean, around 45 surgeries? Goddamn that sounds awful. Hope he'll be alright.
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Injuries: [quote]But he's not ok. He's lost count of how many surgeries he's endured, but guesses the number to be 45 or higher, and his list of injuries is so long he doesn't remember all of them. He lost his tailbone completely, damaged his large and small intestines, and suffered a collapsed lung. "It took a big section of my midsection out," Foster says, but somehow it missed his spine.[/quote] Lasting damage: [quote]He is walking now but he still has problems doing so and he has pain in his back and legs. "I still have nerve spasms," he says, "I get fatigued very easily." The lack of tissue, from the numerous grafts, moving skin from other parts of his body to fill the gap in his back, puts a strain on him, but Foster says he gets through it.[/quote]
