Marine shot by robbers: ‘I was a little pissed off’

[Crackerjack]

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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Wow, talk about born again hard ...

 

[nitroz]

Oorah!

 

[High_Gravity]

Sounds like one tough SOB.

 

[California Girl]

Damn I love the Corps! They are sooooo fucking awesome!

 

[strollingbones]

was a gold chain really worth his life?

i am not much for killing/dying over stuff....stuff just isnt that important to me...

 

[whitehall]

The question is why are people so shocked when Veterans are victims of crimes? Shit happens to good people all the time. Forty years ago the left was spitting on them.