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Post by Frenchie on Aug 4, 2009 22:08:46 GMT 1
Private Neil McCallion was handing out vital supplies to Afghan schools when his convoy was hit by a suicide bomber. The explosion blasted his Land Rover onto its side, leaving a colleague dead and his left hand feeling numb and badly damaged. "I saw a six-inch piece of metal sticking out of my hand. It was a mess," he said. "My index finger was hanging on by a wee white string, a tendon. I had to grab my hand and hold on to it." His left hand was shattered by the shrapnel wound - four of the five metacarpal bones (which connect the fingers to the wrist) were missing. Doctors stabilised the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander at a field hospital in Kabul. Neil's Story >>
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