The cover Story by C. J. Chivers in Saturday's New York Times was probably one of the few stories I have seen reflecting our troops overseas in a positive way. It spoke about a surprise attack from the Taliban which left Jamaludin, an Afghan base cook, severely injured with puncture wounds from a shrapnel mortar round.
This gruesome and intense story focuses on the fight of U.S. medics to save Jamaludin's life, mentioning that everything happened so fast that Sergeant Filip didn't even have time to put gloves on, their only mission during the 65 minute was for a medevac was "coaxing a grievously wounded man to live". They prepared for the mortar rounds which would become inevitable once the rescue copter landed, and when it did, they "bounded from bunker to bunker back to the aid station, where for a few minutes the medical team, now with nothing to do, circled and paced... Sergeant Filip stepped behind a screen and prayed".
Luckily for Jamaludin and tis rescue team their mission was successful, "an hour or so later the call came in. The helicopter had reached the next base. Jamaludin was in surgery. He was alive".
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