He saved his friends covered a grenade ... and survived.

Any person can say a lot, if we evaluate his actions. The hero of our today's story - a man acts. His name is Kyle Carpenter. In 2009 he was enlisted in the US Marine Corps. A year later he became a hero of the country. His story - a story of true heroism, sacrifice, determination and miraculous healing.

Kyle got a terrible injury, protecting his sister. Their unit was ambushed and Kyle threw himself on the grenade, resulting took over its main blow, and his associates received only minor injuries. We decided to talk a little bit about Kyle, as his actions deserve to know about it as much as possible people.





After the doctors arrived at the scene, they noted a number of injuries: broken feed skull, a punctured lung and others. They argued that Kyle will not survive ...





But Kyle was able to survive. After 2, 5 years in hospitals and having gone through more than 40 operations, Kyle came back to normal life.





Moreover, in 2014, Kyle has received the Medal of Honor - the highest award that can qualify for the US military. In the same year, Kyle fulfilled the dream that nurtured all the time while it was treated, he ran a marathon.





Now Kyle looks like.





People who commit such acts Kyle certainly worthy of respect.