The Hamas attack that left Israeli-Canadian Netta Epstein dead was chronicled in his phone messages with his mother.
Rentlar ( @Rentlar@lemmy.ca ) 43•9 months agoWow, what an honourable way to go if you must. He traded unlikely survival with certain death and saved his girlfriend in the process. I feel bad for the mom, but still I don’t know how many would be as brave as Netta to do that, even if you had adrenaline going.
blindbunny ( @blindbunny@lemmy.ml ) English33•9 months agoWhat a bad ass. “Oh shit we’re all going to die!” “ME FIRST!”
ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃 ( @name_NULL111653@pawb.social ) 42•9 months agoWhat a hero. He gave up almost any chance of survival to reduce shrapnel spread, which saved his girlfriend’s life…
Avid Amoeba ( @avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ) 17•9 months agoWhile 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.
When it happens to you, please let us know what your reaction was and who survived.
Avid Amoeba ( @avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ) 5•9 months agoIf I found myself in such situation I’d have zero balls or awareness to jump on a nade.
SomeGuyNamedPaul ( @SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org ) English14•9 months agoI’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.
Avid Amoeba ( @avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ) 3•9 months agoDamn.
Huge flex for sure.
luky ( @luky@infosec.pub ) 4•9 months agowell. flex for who
*for whom
jet ( @jet@hackertalks.com ) English12•9 months agoGood man, protecting those around him.🫡
ijeff ( @ijeff@lemdro.id ) English10•9 months agoThose text messages.
corsicanguppy ( @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ) 9•9 months agoFull disclosure: the man is israel-born and was an IDF member.
PerogiBoi ( @PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ) 6•9 months agoWhy does that matter? It’s a heroic act regardless of which side they’re on.
Edit: haha you blocked me right after responding. Unsurprising from someone only able to see the world in binary.
kandoh ( @kandoh@reddthat.com ) 6•9 months agoSenseless violence
ExLisper ( @ExLisper@linux.community ) English5•9 months agoPSA: Don’t throw yourself on grenades. Lay flat on the ground with your legs facing the grenade.
AnarchoDakosaurus ( @AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo ) 12•9 months agoGenuinely asking, how is that any better? And really, if you were trying to stop fragmentation from killing other people in a room wouldn’t your actual core do a better job of that then your legs?
ExLisper ( @ExLisper@linux.community ) English8•9 months agoThe idea is obviously for everyone to lay flat with their legs facing the grenade, not just one person. If there’s just you and one other person just force them to the ground. If you live in a dangerous place explain it to them beforehand and maybe even practice.
corsicanguppy ( @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ) 5•9 months agothat then your legs
Well, not one THEN the other. It’s a single blast and it’s too quick to change positions.
bionicjoey ( @bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ) 3•9 months agoSounds like a good way to shred your legs and genitals
Cyborganism ( @cyborganism@lemmy.ca ) 2•9 months agoFor anyone asking why: https://youtu.be/W4DnuQOtA8E?si=ckuks7EjNeSfk83r