[Rob Babcock]

Hopefully this has nothing to do with politics, but rather with incredible courage and heroism.  It concerns a Gurkha warrior.  When a train he was riding was assaulted by 40 men and robbed he decided to let it slide...until they decided to rape a woman sitting near him.  Then $hit got real, and he flat-out killed a few of 'em and sent the rest packing.  The best part?  They were armed with knives, swords and guns while he wielded "only" a kukri, an ancient Nepalese knife.

Would you do it?  Could you do it?  This man is a hero in the greatest sense of the world.  I'm honored to breath the same air.

[Bemopti123]

 

[kingdeezie]

What an amazing story, that guy is truly an inspiration to us all.

[davidrs]

Rob, Thanks for sharing. Awesome and uplifting.

[usp1]

The gurkhas are fierce warriors. Both the British and Indian armies have highly decorated regiments of gurkha soldiers.

What a courageous man! Here is another link

http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=27100

[TheChairGuy]

Wow

I've heard of Gurkha's before, but not steeped in Indian or Nepalese life or history I took a stroll over to wikipedia to learn more.  Seems tough little buzzards among Gurkha's happen a lot...and throughout history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha

Excerpt

Gurkhas are best known for their history of bravery and strength in the Indian Army's Gorkha regiments and the British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas. The Gurkhas were designated by British officials as a "Martial Race". "Martial Race" was a designation created by officials of British India  to describe "races" (peoples) that were thought to be naturally warlike and aggressive in battle, and to possess qualities of courage, loyalty, self sufficiency, physical strength, resilience, orderliness, the ability to work hard for long periods of time, fighting tenacity and military strategy. The British recruited heavily from these Martial Races for service in the British Indian Army.[4]

Former Chief of staff of the Indian Army, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw once famously said about Gurkhas:

     “ If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha. ”

[lonewolfny42]

Might be a good knife for the kitchen....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwS9bV5X488

[Rob Babcock]

I share you guy's fascination with the knife (I've used a Kukri for several decades) but I think the real "steel" was in the wielder.  There are a lot people who'd have simply hidden away and kept quiet, even if they were heavily armed.  To those of you who're good with firearms, would you pit your 18 round Glock against 40 attackers?

The "poetry", or beauty, or whatever you want to call it was that at some point he abandoned the common calculus of odds and chances when he just could take no more.  I'm frankly dumfounded.  I would love to believe that I would have acted the same, but of course I probably wouldn't have.  And if I had I seriously doubt the outcome would have been the same.  That guy not only had the stones, but the chops to back it up.

He's the truest expression of courage and heroism I can recall.

[Rob Babcock]

The gurkhas are fierce warriors. Both the British and Indian armies have highly decorated regiments of gurkha soldiers.   What a courageous man! Here is another link  http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=27100

  Great link!  A short quote from that story:   

“Even the veins and arteries in my left hand were slit but the injury has now healed after two months of neurological treatment at the Command Hospital in Kolkata,” he said showing the scar. “Fighting the enemy in battle is my duty as a soldier; taking on the dacoits in the train was my duty as a human being,” said the Indian army nayak, who has been given two guards during his month-long holidays in Nepal.  “I am proud to be able to prove that a Gorkha soldier with a khukuri is really a handful. I would have been a meek spectator had I not carried that khukuri,” he said.  He still finds it hard to believe that he took on 40 armed robbers alone. “They may have feared that more of my army friends were traveling with me and fled after fighting me for around 20 minutes,” he explained.    

May whatever deity he follows bless him.  I'm truly gobsmacked by the level of courage he showed.

[werd]

Awesome story!!!

They were around long enough robbing for him to witness the leaders. I would say the real gang was probably only around 4 or 5 big and the rest were just followers. He knew which ones to take out and he did which left the rest in sheer shock and respect. The leaders dead they seen no reason to continue.

thats how i would've done it.... .

[Noseyears]

Man, im impressed!

Wish there could be more persons like him around.