Afghanistan: moment Private Stephen Bainbridge stepped on an IED

[SgtJim]

By Jason P. Howe
telegraph.co.uk (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9165695/Afghanistan-moment-Private-Stephen-Bainbridge-stepped-on-an-IED.html)
!WARNING! - the video contains graphic images that may find find upsetting
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Photojournalist Jason P. Howe was embedded with the Army in Afghanistan last year when a soldier with whom he was on patrol stepped on an improvised explosive device, losing both legs. For the first time since the 10-year campaign began, pictures of the immediate aftermath of an IED attack on a British soldier, including photographs of Pte Stephen Bainbridge being treated at the scene, can be published after Pte Bainbridge gave his approval.

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Pte Bainbridge is attended to by medics after stepping on an IED (Jason P. Howe)

Read more and watch the slideshow video: http://sgt-jim.blogspot.com/2012/03/afghanistan-moment-private-stephen.html

[brightgoo]

So much thanks are owed to these medical teams.

[gazzthompson]

Horrific, but im glad he survived and it needs to be seen. Sharing with all my friends, Thanks jim.

[Skivvy Stacker]

The skill of these medics continues to amaze me. The bravery of these young men inspires me. Private Bainbridge deserves a lot of credit for his own survival. I don't know where we get them, but I hope we don't run out of them. Brits, Americans, Aussies, and all the rest who are giving their sweat and blood to fight terrorism in the world make me a proud old man.