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Sep

2010

5:47pm, EDT

Scott Olson / Getty Images

U.S. Army medic SGT Tyrone Jordan of Charlotte, NC attached to Dustoff Task Force Shadow of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade works on a 12-year-old Afghani girl aboard a MEDEVAC helicopter after she was grazed in the face by a bullet September 20, 2010 near Marja, Afghanistan. Task Force Shadow is responsible for evacuating wounded Afghani and Coalition forces as well as local nationals throughout southern Afghanistan.

Lasting impression

Can you imagine being a 12-year-old, getting grazed by a bullet and taking what is (I'm guessing) your first trip in an aircraft, surrounded by foreigners? How profound a sensory impression that could make? I think you'd remember vividly it for the rest of your life.