Business Insider -
19 Jun 2014 15:00

"I wasn’t gonna make it. I had come to terms that I was gonna die, and I was very sure of that.” Those thoughts raced through Marine Corporal Kyle Carpenter's head in the moments after he dove on top of a Taliban grenade, taking the brunt of the blast and saving the life of his best friend. Covered in blood, Carpenter's vision was fading. Shrapnel had torn into his face and taken his right eye. With his eardrums ruptured, he couldn't hear anything except loud ringing. "I thought about my fam...
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