'Life and death every day' for Iraq medics

[dogday]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- "Don't let me die! Please, don't let me die," the U.S. soldier said repeatedly as medics carried him to the trauma room.

His glazed eyes focused an Army chaplain kneeling over him. There was blood everywhere.

A roadside bomb that exploded next to his patrol vehicle sent shards of metal into his body and catapulted him from the vehicle.

He, like so many of the gravely wounded soldiers in Iraq, was rushed to the 10th Combat Support Hospital, where minutes or seconds can mean life or death. (Watch: Suffering and hope inside a Baghdad military hospital -- 3:33)

"Am I going to live?" he asked, in a pleading, rhythmic voice.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.medics/index.html

[dogday]

1. I know this is a sad story

Nobody knows better than me what is going on in Iraq... This is a story that needs to be told and read by everyone... People are losing their lives and limbs in Iraq... Let's end this war now and bring them all home...:cry: :cry: :cry:

A special thank you to the medics and Drs. who do everything they can to save our soldiers.:thumbsup:


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