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Is acting as lead scout standing up through the hatch of his bradley fighting vehicle. captain brown is on the radio reporting their position. when an ied detonates. >> my first instinct was that i just lost three soldiers in a vehicle. >> brown believes the ied has vaporized the bradley in front of him with his three men inside. >> the way it blew up, it happened in slow motion and you couldn't see the bradley anymore. the ied was so buried, so deeply buried that it kicked up so much concrete and tar, asphalt, dirt, that it was raining on us for 45 seconds. the bradley disappeared. we didn't ...

>> no cas. >> the radio came back on, he said they were all okay. >> i think i may have been knocked out for a few seconds, then realized what happened, checked on my crew, found out everybody is all right. call it up that we were good to go, still rolling. >> the convoy continues quickly back to its combat outpost. after inspecting the vehicles for damage, the men can finally breathe a sigh of relief. sergeant catrell realizes the bradley's open hatch was what saved his life. >> for protection i had it straight up. luckily the hatch was between me and a lot of the debris that blasted through....

Up through the hatch of his bradley fighting vehicle. captain brown is on the radio reporting their position. when an ied detonates. >> my first instinct was that i just lost three soldiers in a vehicle. >> brown believes the ied has vaporized the bradley in front of him with his three men inside. >> the way it blew up, it happened in slow motion and you couldn't see the bradley anymore. the ied was so buried, so deeply buried, that it kicked up so much concrete and tar, asphalt, dirt, that it was raining on us for 45 seconds. the bradley disappeared. we didn't see it any more. i was already g...

>> no cas. >> the radio came back on, he said they were all okay. >> i think i may have been knocked out for a few seconds, then realized what happened, checked on my crew, found out everybody is all right. call it up that we were good to go, still rolling. >> the convoy continues quickly back to its combat outpost. after inspecting the vehicles for damage, the men can finally breathe a sigh of relief. sergeant cautrell realizes the bradley's open hatch was what saved his life. >> for protection i had it straight up. luckily the hatch was between me and a lot of the debris that blasted through...

>> the radio came back on, he said they were all okay. >> i think i may have been knocked out for a few seconds, then realized what happened, checked on my crew, found out everybody is all right. call it up that we were good to go, still rolling. >> the convoy continues quickly back to its combat outpost. after inspecting the vehicles for damage, the men can finally breathe a sigh of relief. sergeant cautrell realizes the bradley's open hatch was what saved his life. >> for protection i had it straight up. luckily the hatch was between me and a lot of the debris that blasted through. it put a ...