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DEVGRU Operator Describes Close-Range Gunfight With Suicide Bomber After Straddling Unexploded Vest
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#313 Eric Frohardt - DEVGRU Gold Squadron Sniper and Assaulter
What was said
"I'm straddling him and he's wearing an unexploded suicide vest. All hell breaks loose and I am 3 yards away, 4 yards away from a guy who's behind a barricade and he's spraying me. I felt like I lost my sense of hearing and my adrenaline was focused into my fine motor skill of running down my wall and shooting back. He tried blowing his suicide vest up, but it failed. His cap failed. He misses me. I'm running pretty fast down my wall and I shot him while moving in this region, not here, to not blow up his vest."
On Super Bowl Sunday 2008 in Iraq, Froehart led his team into a building after shooting one suicide bomber in the doorway. He stepped over the unexploded vest to enter the building, where he immediately encountered a barricaded fighter who opened fire at point-blank range. Froehart described losing his hearing during the exchange but maintaining fine motor control to shoot the fighter in the head while moving to avoid detonating a second failed suicide vest.
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- #313 Eric Frohardt - DEVGRU Gold Squadron Sniper and Assaulter
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