I GOT SHOT IN THE HEAD!
A Soldier's helmet deflects a bullet shot 3ft away. Soldier quickly blasts the mooselimb with his 12ga shotgun. Unfortunately; I'm sure he was killed instantly.
A soldier fired upon by an Iraqi insurgent at close range lived to tell family back in Ohio about it, in an e-mail with the subject line, "Well you'll never believe this I GOT SHOT IN THE HEAD."
The helmet U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Keenan prefers to wear low over his eyes deflected the bullet Sunday, according to an Army news release.
Keenan, 24, was with a scout team from the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. His team had been after two insurgents, and he realized he'd been shot as soon as soon as they went around a corner and came upon one of them, he said in the release.
Though he wasn't sure if he'd been hit in the helmet or the head, he quickly fired back with his 12-gauge shotgun, killing the insurgent, who was just 3 feet away.
Keenan, who is on his third tour in Iraq and has four months remaining, said he came away from the episode with only a headache - as well as a "Thank God, I'm alive" feeling.
I read about this in my local newspaper and had to find the story online.
