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GI's Graphic Afghan Firefight Recorded on Family's Voice Mail
"The Otis, Ore., soldier was stationed halfway around the world in Afghanistan, part of a military police detail.
But technology — in this case, a cell phone — gave Sandie Petee the comfort that her MP son was no more than just a call away.
Until, that is, a simple glitch — the inadvertent redial — sent the family into panic.
Phillips was on patrol when his unit engaged the Taliban. Not only did a firefight ensue, but his cell phone automatically called the Petee home, leaving a three-minute frightening message laced with the sounds of gunfire and panicked soldiers yelling for "more ammo."
"His friend died a year ago in Iraq," Sandie Petee told KPTV, "and I'm thinking, 'Oh my God, this may be the last time I hear my son's voice on the phone.' "
To make matters worse, at the end of the heart-wrenching message, "you could hear a guy saying 'Incoming! RPG!' And then it cut off," Phillip's brother John Petee said."
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"The Otis, Ore., soldier was stationed halfway around the world in Afghanistan, part of a military police detail.
But technology — in this case, a cell phone — gave Sandie Petee the comfort that her MP son was no more than just a call away.
Until, that is, a simple glitch — the inadvertent redial — sent the family into panic.
Phillips was on patrol when his unit engaged the Taliban. Not only did a firefight ensue, but his cell phone automatically called the Petee home, leaving a three-minute frightening message laced with the sounds of gunfire and panicked soldiers yelling for "more ammo."
"His friend died a year ago in Iraq," Sandie Petee told KPTV, "and I'm thinking, 'Oh my God, this may be the last time I hear my son's voice on the phone.' "
To make matters worse, at the end of the heart-wrenching message, "you could hear a guy saying 'Incoming! RPG!' And then it cut off," Phillip's brother John Petee said."
FOXNews.com - GI's Graphic Afghan Firefight Recorded on Family's Voice Mail - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News