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The Hamas attack that left Israeli-Canadian Netta Epstein dead was chronicled in his phone messages with his mother.

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 49 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What a bad ass. "Oh shit we're all going to die!" "ME FIRST!"

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 69 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What a hero. He gave up almost any chance of survival to reduce shrapnel spread, which saved his girlfriend's life...

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

While not diminishing the heroism, laying atop a grenade might be among the least bad ways to go during the attack. One instant you're there pumped on hero juice, the next instant you're gone. No leftover brain activity to experience who knows what while actively dying.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When it happens to you, please let us know what your reaction was and who survived.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If I found myself in such situation I'd have zero balls or awareness to jump on a nade.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I'd probably grab the thing with my monkey reflexes and result in bringing it up for a better vantage point once it goes off.

[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've seen enough Ukranian drone drop videos with grenades landing on Russians to know that being on the receiving end is absolutely not immediately lights out.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] luky@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago