By Gregg Zoroya - USA TODAY
Posted : Thursday Nov 15, 2012 7:31:18 EST
In the flickering light of a flare drifting to earth, Army flight medic Daniel Buzz Buzard spots a scrum of U.S. soldiers bearing a wounded comrade across a stony Afghan riverbed en route to his helicopter.
Only night-vision goggles illuminate on this moonless night, and a glimpse of the casualty leaves Buzard cold.
Hes just mangled, the medic recalls.
Hes looking at Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Walker, 28, a bomb technician with a 7-year-old daughter named Kali waiting back home.
What a great story @ The race to save troops with horrific injuries - Military News | News From Afghanistan, Iraq And Around The World - Military Times
Posted : Thursday Nov 15, 2012 7:31:18 EST
In the flickering light of a flare drifting to earth, Army flight medic Daniel Buzz Buzard spots a scrum of U.S. soldiers bearing a wounded comrade across a stony Afghan riverbed en route to his helicopter.
Only night-vision goggles illuminate on this moonless night, and a glimpse of the casualty leaves Buzard cold.
Hes just mangled, the medic recalls.
Hes looking at Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Walker, 28, a bomb technician with a 7-year-old daughter named Kali waiting back home.
What a great story @ The race to save troops with horrific injuries - Military News | News From Afghanistan, Iraq And Around The World - Military Times