Watch: Inside a Truck, Blown to Hell in Afghanistan

A deafening noise. An awful lurching sensation. Impact. Dust obscuring everything. And the sight of injured men, blood and shattered equipment. Groaning, cussing and, from the most badly injured, a deathly silence.

That was the view from inside a U.S. Army blastproof truck I was riding in, in Logar province, Afghanistan, on March 19. An improvised explosive device exploded under the front of the vehicle, sheering off one axle, hurling the truck a dozen feet and hurting five of the seven occupants. Only myself and an Army medic, sitting in the rearmost seats, walked away unscathed.

In March we posted a video from the incident, showing only scenes from outside the vehicle. Now C-SPAN has my footage from inside the truck, in the seconds following the blast. They?ve disabled embedding for some reason, but you click through to Youtube to view the clip. Also, check out my long-form news feature on Logar for the non-profit broadcaster.

With the spring fighting season in full swing in Afghanistan and extremists increasingly turning to IEDs to level NATO?s technological advantage, the terrible sensations of being struck by a bomb are becoming a common, if life-changing, experience for American and allied troops. Now you can gain some sense of what it feels like.

Photo: David Axe

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David Axe reports from war zones, shoots television and writes comic books.
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Source: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/watch-inside-a-turck-blown-to-hell-in-afghanistan/

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