| 03 Mar 2008 12:29 am |
------SSDD------ Rep: 36  Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 12,712 OFFLINE | Taken from this thread after I heard about it on my local news.
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.
That is crazy, read the rest of the article for more info.
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| 03 Mar 2008 12:32 am |
------SSDD------ Rep: 36Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 12,712 OFFLINE | Injuries:
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.
Lasting damage:
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.
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| 03 Mar 2008 12:34 am |
Oderint Dum Metuant Rep: 105 Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 37,477 ONLINE | He is lucky to be alive. | |
| 03 Mar 2008 12:34 am |
Addict (beyond 1337) Rep: 69 Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 32,780 OFFLINE | It’s easy to survive a 50. Cal. Just shoot your toe. | |
| 03 Mar 2008 12:35 am |
------SSDD------ Rep: 36Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 12,712 OFFLINE | It’s infucking credible, 50 cal point blank? shouldn’t he be like... torn in two? ---
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| 03 Mar 2008 12:36 am |
------SSDD------ Rep: 36Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 12,712 OFFLINE | NEREVAR117 wrote:
It’s easy to survive a 50. Cal. Just shoot your toe.
The bullet would do a full loop then go up your leg and stop when it blow up your heart.
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| 03 Mar 2008 12:37 am |
Addict (beyond 1337) Rep: 69Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 32,780 OFFLINE | Right... Last edited 03 Mar 2008 12:39 am by NEREVAR117 | |
| 03 Mar 2008 12:38 am |
Oderint Dum Metuant Rep: 105Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 37,477 ONLINE | CPO Fraser wrote:
It’s infucking credible, 50 cal point blank? shouldn’t he be like... torn in two?
Almost sounds like Divine Intervention. It reminds me of something I saw on TLC about a man who had a knife stuck in his forehead. He survived. | |
| 03 Mar 2008 12:41 am |
In the infinite Rep: 40 Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 10,811 OFFLINE | Woah! this guy is either extremely lucky or super human. ---
Don’t FUCK with my insanity I’ll warp your REALiTY | |
| 03 Mar 2008 01:36 am |
Pipiru piru piru pipiru pi Rep: 31 Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 6,772 OFFLINE | CPO Fraser wrote:
It’s infucking credible, 50 cal point blank? shouldn’t he be like... torn in two?
Pretty much. He lucked the hell out. To give you an idea, here’s a visual aid.
The second from the right (5.56 NATO) is fired by an M4 Carbine. The one left of that (7.62 x 39) is used by AK-47’s.
This guy was shot by a .50 BMG, the one all the way on the left.
 
MAJOR props to RageOverdose for the sigs. | |
| 03 Mar 2008 02:19 am |
UBER 1337 Poster Rep: 30 Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 3,349 ONLINE | If you hadnt posted a link i would have called bullshit, everything i know about guns and ammo says that if you get hit w/ .50 cal round, you will die...and if you tried to shoot yourself in the toe, you would prbly end up loosing most of your foot. ---
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| 03 Mar 2008 02:27 am |
In the infinite Rep: 40Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 10,811 OFFLINE | Obviosly this man is Superman. ---
Don’t FUCK with my insanity I’ll warp your REALiTY | |
| 03 Mar 2008 09:44 am |
Regular Rep: 7 Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 352 OFFLINE | no any body can survive as long as it doesn’t hit any vital organs ---
 
I SOLD MY SOUL 2 THE DEVIL WHEN I WUS 4 BITCHES | |
| 03 Mar 2008 11:26 am |
Pipiru piru piru pipiru pi Rep: 31Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 6,772 OFFLINE | ROCKAXE666-thefuckinDEATH-GOD wrote:
no any body can survive as long as it doesn’t hit any vital organs
Not really.
Due to the size of the .50 BMG, it causes a large amount of damage in the surrounding area that it doesn’t even touch.
Bo doubt about it, this guy will be messed up the rest of his life. He’s just not dead.
MAJOR props to RageOverdose for the sigs. | |
| 03 Mar 2008 12:22 pm |
asdfghjkl123 Guest | Dam that’s more impressive than 50 Cent | |
| 03 Mar 2008 04:05 pm |
Addict (beyond 1337) Rep: 42 Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 20,694 OFFLINE | holy shit  | |
| 21 May 2008 08:46 am |
JokerTheJester Guest | I personally know Jared we are bestfriends and i was there with him when it happened when he was shot we all thought he was dead. i dont remember when i have seen as much blood as i did that day. jareds a tough bastard although he is injured he doesnt let it get him down i see him maybe every six months and hes still just as lively as ever he just cant do some of the stuff he use to. The only reason he did survive is because we were able to get pressure on the wound and thankfully the boys at blackwater happened to be in the tent next to us. and pulled their suv up to take him to the nearby medical station. if we wouldnt have acted as fast as we did or if the guys at blackwater wouldnt have been there when they were he probably would have died. | |
| 30 Jun 2008 07:46 pm |
CV_Socnet Guest | I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was in that other tent and remember coming in to apply the bandage. I still recall the smell and the look on his face as he lay over on the bunk. There was globs of flesh on the ground and it made a horror movie look like child’s play. Blood was everywhere and the floor was sticky.
If you recall, comrade. I was the Army guy who came in and provided the initial first-aid. You guys were on-point with the bandages and he has you to thank as much as anyone for his life being saved. That being said, I feel terrible that this happened and even worse that the Marine who did not clear his weapon is still in the Corps.
God Speed to Jared, I hope he is doing well. I lost contact with him long ago. I was injured in Iraq not too long after this (10-MAY-2005).
If you talk to him, give him my best. | |
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