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squiggle

I heard this on Aled Jones' radio show on Radio 2 Good Morning Sunday this morning. I found it interesting and I thought you might too. I am remembering it as well as I can, everyone must make up their own mind about it.

A soldier's life has been saved in Helmand Province Afghanistan by his rosary! He felt a gentle brush at his neck and looked down to see that his rosary had broken and fallen off. Then he saw a glint of metal between his feet, it was an IED (improvised explosive device). He carefully brushed away the sand with the brush he uses to clean his gun and exposed the device. If his rosary hadn't fallen off he wouldn't have spotted it. And that same set of rosary beads his great grandfather had found in World War I. As his great grandfather bent down to pick up the rosary beads there was an explosion that killed 6 of his comrades.

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El LoroMember VIP10 yearsModerator

That's extraordinary - thank you squiggle

8/8/1012:47 AM

FairfaxMember

Morning Squiggle, that has given me goosebumps. I do believe that there are things that happen that there we have no explanation for, thanks for posting that.

8/8/1012:55 AM

cockney-chickMember

I LOVE stuff like this. Thanks for sharing Squiggle.

Sorry his grandad's mates died, but that is a poignant story.

8/8/101:02 AM

DanceSetteeMember

Hooray Jesus saved him so he could go kill more Muslims

Actually the most interesting part of that post to me is why Squiggle is listening to Aled Jones of a morning

8/8/101:12 AM

squiggleMember 10 years

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Actually the most interesting part of that post to me is why Squiggle is listening to Aled Jones of a morning

My radio alarm is set to Radio 2

8/8/101:26 AM

El LoroMember VIP10 yearsModerator

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Hooray Jesus saved him so he could go kill more Muslims

I'm sure you don't think it would have been better if he had not been saved by the rosary.

8/8/101:28 AM

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