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Wow, talk about born again hard ...Marine shot by robbers: 'I was a little pissed off'
Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan plugged his wounds with his fingers to survive
By Scott Stump
TODAY.com contributor
updated 12/30/2011 9:08:32 AM ET
Lt. Col. Karl Trenker survived numerous tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq without a bullet ever grazing him.
It turns out the most dangerous mission the U.S. Marine has ever undertaken was trying to sell a gold necklace on Craigslist in his hometown of Deerfield Beach, Fla.
On Dec. 21, a transaction between Trenker and two men went awry when the men made off with the necklace and then started shooting at Trenker in broad daylight when he gave chase, resulting in Trenker taking one bullet to the chest and another to the stomach.
But rather than leave him in shock, all that did was make Trenker mad.
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