Navy SEAL falls on grenade to save comrades
A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said. Monsoor, a 25-year-old gunner, was killed in the explosion in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was only the second SEAL to die in Iraq since the war began. It’s acts of honor and courage like this that often go overlooked. Hats off to Muchael Monsoor who had earlier demonstrated courage under fire in unreleated events. He has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star for saving another SEAL that was wounded in battle.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor had been near the only door to the rooftop structure Sept. 29 when the grenade hit him in the chest and bounced to the floor, said four SEALs who spoke to The Associated Press this week on condition of anonymity because their work requires their identities to remain secret. ?He never took his eye off the grenade, his only movement was down toward it,? said a 28-year-old lieutenant who sustained shrapnel wounds to both legs that day. ?He undoubtedly saved mine and the other SEALs? lives, and we owe him.?
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