Royal Marine awarded George Cross

[scotthayes]

He received it for throwing himself on a grenade in Afghanistan and saving his own life and that of his fellow Marines.

As the son of a Royal Marine I've always known they are beyond brave and a little crazy but this takes it to a new level.

And he's a fellow Brummie

BBC News

 

[Mikey-]

Yeah I was just watching this on the news. I couldn't help but think, why lie on it and not run away from it?

 

[scotthayes]

Yeah I was just watching this on the news. I couldn't help but think, why lie on it and not run away from it?

The blast radius of the grenade would have still injured or killed and they were in a compound so may not have been able to get far enough away in time.