Grenade in the face – level 2
20-12-2023 15:00
An incident occurred in Colombia. A soldier accidentally activated a grenade launcher and threw a 40-millimetre grenade into another soldier’s face. The grenade was stuck inside the soldier’s face.
A helicopter could not move the soldier because the grenade could explode, so an ambulance transferred him in an eight-hour ride to Bogota. Doctors operated on him outside of hospital for safety, too.
The unusual operation was a success and the soldier is going to be fine.
Difficult words: occur (happen), grenade launcher (a big gun which shoots things like grenades), stuck (if something is stuck somewhere, it gets in but cannot get out).
You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.
What was the outcome of the unusual operation performed on a soldier in Colombia who accidentally had a grenade stuck in his face?
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