How Does One Define A Hero?

The story is about Channing Moss, who was impaled by a live RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) during a Taliban ambush while on patrol. 

Army protocol says that medivac choppers are never to carry anyone with a live round in him.  Even though they feared it could explode, the flight crew said damn the protocol and flew him to the nearest aid station.  

Again, protocol said that in such a case the patient is to be put in a sandbagged area away from the surgical unit, given a shot of morphine and left to wait (and die) until others are treated . Again, the medical team ignored the protocol.

Moss has undergone six operations but is doing well at home in Gainesville, Georgia.  The video is absolutely remarkable.

h/t: Uncle