Parents hear Afghan firefight on voice mail

[unhappycamper]

Parents hear Afghan firefight on voice mail
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday May 6, 2008 21:23:51 EDT

OTIS, Ore. — An Oregon couple checking their voice mail found a frightening three-minute recording of their son caught in a battle in Afghanistan.

Stephen Phillips, 22, and other soldiers in his Army MP company were battling insurgents when his phone was pressed against his Humvee. It redialed and called his parents in the small Oregon town of Otis.

Most of the sounds were gunfire, but shouts could be heard, including, “More ammo! More ammo!”

“At the end, you could hear a guy saying ‘Incoming! RPG!’ And then it cut off,” John Petee, Phillips’ brother, told KPTV-TV in Portland.

Phillips’ mother, Sandie Petee, and her husband, Jeff Petee, were not at home at the time of the call. When they checked their voice mail, they heard the shooting.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/05/army_voicemail_050608w/

[glowing]

1. How expensive was that phone call?

[Rainbowreflect]

2. I cannot imagine the horror for those parents.

I pray there son is okay.