Blindsided By The Taliban: A Story of War, Trauma, Love, and Loss with Carmen Gentile
Take The Lead · Dr. Diane Hamilton
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (feeds.podetize.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
On September 9, 2010, veteran journalist Carmen Gentile was embedded with the US Forces in Eastern Afghanistan a couple of miles from the Pakistani border. It was the last day of Ramadan and they were talking to some young men on the side of the road when he heard a whooshing noise. Carmen turned around and saw a man 40 yards down the road cradling a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. From the end of the launcher was a beeline of smoke, at the end of which was a conical tip of an ordnance coming right at him. The grenade hit Carmen in the side of the face without detonating. It blinded him in the right eye and fractured the right side of his face. Carmen talks about the experience and the whole ordeal in his book, Blindsided by the Taliban.
Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!
Join the Take The Lead community today:
- DrDianeHamilton.com
- Dr. Diane Hamilton Facebook
- Dr. Diane Hamilton Twitter
- Dr. Diane Hamilton LinkedIn
- Dr. Diane Hamilton YouTube
- Dr. Diane Hamilton Instagram