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Navy SEAL Mike Day shot 27 times by Al Qaeda fighters in a room clearing...and won the gunfight

Glip_Glop

Glip_Glop

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I don’t know which part is the craziest. The grenade, his pistol getting shot and clearing it, or being hit that many times. I have personally experienced that “time dilation“ which he mentioned, maybe some of you can relate. It’s like you’re a passenger in your own body watching shit unfold. Driving on I4 in FL, a car sped by-driver lost control and hit a truck‘s rear with the passenger side of his car. I remember watching a chunk of the car flying towards me, my car swerved, another piece came towards Me-swerved through that, and again to avoid both the truck and car. This was a matter of probably 2-3 seconds? I just don’t remember physically reacting, like trying to remember a dream after waking up. Another was when I was held at gun (turned out it was a Daisy BB pistol Which I kept as a reminder never to do what I did) point. Everything slowed down and I did what you’re absolutely NOT supposed to do, lowered myself while pushing up against his right arm/wrist, almost instinctively. Since it was plastic, it just kind flew up in the air. When I realized what happened, dude was gone and I just broke down sobbing, like a lil bitch lol. The body is capable of some crazy stuff under certain conditions.
 
ExpandKong

ExpandKong

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Glip_Glop said:
I don’t know which part is the craziest. The grenade, his pistol getting shot and clearing it, or being hit that many times. I have personally experienced that “time dilation“ which he mentioned, maybe some of you can relate. It’s like you’re a passenger in your own body watching shit unfold. Driving on I4 in FL, a car sped by-driver lost control and hit a truck‘s rear with the passenger side of his car. I remember watching a chunk of the car flying towards me, my car swerved, another piece came towards Me-swerved through that, and again to avoid both the truck and car. This was a matter of probably 2-3 seconds? I just don’t remember physically reacting, like trying to remember a dream after waking up.
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Oh I had a similar one in college, leaving the bars and getting on the highway - I was a bit buzzed but not drunk, and the guy giving me a ride was stone cold sober. We were going about 80 when we got rear ended by a dude who was doing at least 120, our car just kinda started spinning across all three lanes over to the left shoulder. I remember just calmly waiting to get hit again as I saw the headlights of other cars driving past us as we were spinning, very surreal experience.
 
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SLoWMoTIoN

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V4skunk said:
What is the point in posting that video with incredibly weak armour?

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I don't know, was he wearing the world's first 50 cal rated body armor himself when he got shot? I haven't watched the video.
 
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SLoWMoTIoN

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V4skunk said:
You obviously don't know much.
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Yeah, I don't. The Interceptor can take 2-3 hits at best from a 7.62x51mm right? That's what Navy SEAL use right? Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Bumblebeetuna

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Northeastmonk

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Here is something you can't understand
(How I could just kill a man)


An amazing story. The soldier survived under some pretty unreal circumstances.
 
Romulus

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I don't understand how some of these SEALs get shot so many times and live. There was one SEAL fell out of a fucking helicopter and broke his leg, surrounded on all sides, then proceeded and kill like 10 guys after getting shot like 9 times.
 
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megalaserLAWS

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EviLore said:
Way more than 3x, effectively, even taking into account his body armor. 50 Cent was shot by 9mm. Mike was shot by 7.62 and 5.56, which are far more deadly.
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That's not always true. 7.62 and 5.56 though far more penetrative and far more range are usually metal jacketed which means they leave much smaller wounds. 9mm is usually hollow point so even with way less powder backing it up the bullet mushrooms inside the victim making a far more grievous wound. They use 7.62 and 5.56 metal jackets in the military because they are often against semi armoured targets or shooting through obstacles.
 
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slugbahr

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Romulus said:
I don't understand how some of these SEALs get shot so many times and live. There was one SEAL fell out of a fucking helicopter and broke his leg, surrounded on all sides, then proceeded and kill like 10 guys after getting shot like 9 times.
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SEAL training, especially Hell Week, is designed to find the guys who will reach their breaking point, mentally and physically, but push past it and continue their mission.
Most fail at that level, which is no small effort to reach to begin with.

Kudos to all military guys and girls - past, present and future - all over the world.
 
Stiflers Mom

Stiflers Mom

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Romulus said:
I don't understand how some of these SEALs get shot so many times and live. There was one SEAL fell out of a fucking helicopter and broke his leg, surrounded on all sides, then proceeded and kill like 10 guys after getting shot like 9 times.
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And on another day they just stumble and break their neck by bad luck.

But yeah, amazing story, what a soldier... (y)
 
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