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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MrLucky who wrote (30246)	11/18/2002 10:55:32 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 59480

I'm not sure if it is Minnesota, Chicago, or somewhere else that is reallllly cold, but they think they are something special. Seen one pig, you've seen them all, if you ask me. While I was looking to see where they were, I saw this. It's strange, but true! This guy knew what had happened right away, especially when he looked in the mirror and saw the hole in his neck. twincities.com Posted on Mon, Nov. 18, 2002 State trooper says survival skills kicked in when he was shot in neck FARGO, N.D. A Minnesota State Trooper said his survival instincts kicked in and saved him when he realized he'd been shot in the neck while driving Sunday afternoon. Trooper Charles Backes, 32, was off duty and driving his personal car with his fiancee on Minnesota Highway 9, just north of Benson, when the bullet entered the driver's side and lodged in his neck, State Patrol spokesman Kevin Smith said. "I knew what had happened right away," Backes said. "I just slowed the vehicle and pulled over to the shoulder, looked in my rear view mirror and could see the hole in my neck, grabbed the blanket off my fiancee and started applying direct pressure." His fiancee was not struck. Backes was able to drive to a hospital in Benson, and was eventually flown to a Fargo hospital. Doctors there said the bullet just missed his artery and windpipe. "He's a lucky guy," Smith said. It was not immediately known where the bullet came from. Authorities were trying to locate hunters who were in the area at the time of the 4 p.m. shooting, Smith said. "You know, you just hoped that word "integrity" comes into play there and someone steps forward and admits that it was them," Backes said. Backes has been with the Patrol since 1996 and is stationed in Detroit Lakes. He was driving from Litchfield to Moorhead when he was shot. "I had my St. Michael medallion around my neck when this all went down ... that's the patron saint of law enforcement," Backes said.