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Podcast: THE Wartime Leadership Podcast
Episode: Episode 69: The Resiliency of IED Survivor Shane Vincent
Description: ***Special 4th of July Edition***
THE Wartime Leadership Podcast: The Resiliency of IED Survivor
Shane Vincent! May 24th, 2007, former BMX Olympic superstar, Shane
Vincent’s Cavalry troop was headed back from a seemingly routine mission in Iraq when his Humvee tripped a wire which was connected to a roadside improvised explosive device. The IED was built to eliminate a tank but flipped his Humvee over 100 feet into the air, flipping countless times before finally crashing into the ground. As the twisted heap of metal smoldered, Shane was thought dead with a broken neck, back, jaw, and pelvis. Pl...