The mechanics of a 15 lb. IED exploding is more profound than you might even guess. The shock wave alone compresses your body and everything inside. First your ears rupture, then your organs, then your veins explode. The eyes in your head explode around the 40 PSI mark.
If that doesn’t kill you the rapid heating of the air can cauterize your airway, cooking you from the inside out.
Then there’s the shrapnel, indiscriminate pieces of rock and metal tearing through your body. As one soldier mildly put it, “All in all it’s something to avoid.”
Then there are our four-legged guardians who protect our service men and women from this horrible end.
UPDATE #1: $100,000 in 3 hours, home stretch! Chivers, this monument will last forever and we couldn’t be more proud right now here at theCHIVE HQ!
UPDATE #2: #110,000. We did it. I cannot thank the Chive Community more for what you’ve done today. Thank you! Keep it going strong!
UPDATE #3: $120,000!!! Just an hour after hitting our goal.
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