The "Human Bomb" Live Grenade Taken From Viet's Back
The "Human Bomb" Live Grenade Taken From Viet's Back
For ten days, Nguyen Van Chin, a South Vietnamese civilian, was walking booby trap while doctors pondered on how to remove a live grenade from his back. Finally, a bomb-proof operating room was constructed with sandbags. Using six-inch scalpels and probes, a team of three doctors spent 13 anxious minutes removing the live grenade and turning it over to a bomb disposal unit. Asks Van Chin: "When can I go home?" MS - Nguyen shirtless sitting on a bed as two doctors examine his back. MS - Backs of a medical crew and some photographers and sand bags piled up in a hospital room. MS - The backs of the operating room staff and Nguyen getting on the operating table. Looking at the back of Nguyen you see a bump under his skin that is the size of a soft ball. CUS A doctor helping Nguyen on his stomach and preparing him for the operation. MS Behind stacked sandbags the team of three doctors operate with makeshift operating tool holders. Their long bamboo sticks with the operating tools fastened to the ends of the sticks. MS Slowly the removal of the grenade from his back with the makeshift operating tool. CUS Nguyen getting off the operating table. CUS Dr. Humphries being interviewed by the press. MS Nguyen Van Chin sitting crossed legged on his hospital bed.