Soldier in Iraq gets shot at by terrorist sniper, is hit in the chest but survives thanks to his body armor. He immediately takes cover, locates sniper- and fires back. Then he tracks the guy down by following his blood trail, and saves said sniper’s life by administering first aid.

Says Army Pfc. Stephen Tschiderer:

“Treating the man who shot me didn’t really sink in until afterwards. At the time, I just did my job and didn’t really think about it too much.”

Related article by Michael Yon: Angels Among Us

Key quote:

After seeing the damaged Stryker, and being unable to visualize how human bodies would have to be arrayed in order to fit in what was left of it, I had to ask. I found Mark Bush and asked him how they all escaped being killed.

Without hesitation, Mark looked straight at me and said: “We had angels watching us.”

My face must have given away skepticism, so he said to me, “Mike, did you see what it did to the Stryker?”

“Yes,” I replied.

“Well, there is no other way to explain how we survived, except that Plum and Rat were there, and they stopped the blast. I know they were there. Plum and Rat held up their hands to save us. They stopped the blast. They were there.”