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A SHORT STORY
An Israeli sniper was hit by a Palestinian sniper in the Gaza Strip:
I believed I was safe and well-protected, that nothing could harm me. I went and sat on a chair, with a table in front of me, smoking my cigarette with a companion, and was scanning the opposite area with a sniper.
Suddenly, a bullet from a Palestinian sniper hit me, pushing me three meters back into the wall of the building I was sheltering in. My shoulder shattered, and my head and back were struck. I screamed in pain, wishing for death until I lost consciousness.
I woke up days later, paralyzed from the neck down. Am I dismembered? I couldn't move my body, connected to a catheter, tubes to drain fluids and blood, a ventilator, and filled with stitches in my abdomen and chest.
There was a large hole next to my heart! The bullet had shattered my ribcage, destroyed my spleen and lungs, and came very close to my heart. I learned that my heart had stopped and was revived. A combat medic with us saved my life.
Mike