Aug 08 , 2020
Meet the Navy SEAL who was shot 27 times and lived to tell the story
Navy SEAL Sr. Chief Mike Day had never been shot before, but that changed dramatically one night in April 2007.
In 2007, Mike Day was caught in a brutal firefight with three al-Qaeda insurgents after he was the first of his team to enter a room in a town near Fallujah, Iraq. The enemy fighters opened fire, hitting Day with 27 separate bullets. 11 of the shots were stopped by his body armor, but 16 penetrated his body and left him perilously wounded.
A grenade then exploded just 10 feet away from him, knocking him unconscious. According to Day, when he woke up roughly a minute later, he managed to kill two of the fighters with his pistol.
“Upon entering that doorway, they all just opened up on me. It felt like somebody was just beating me up with sledgehammers,” Day said.
“After I’d figured out I was getting shot I said, ‘God, get me home to my girls.’ That was my first prayer to God, real prayer. When the fighting finally stopped, he miraculously got up and walked himself to a medical helicopter.
“People hear about my story and they can’t believe it. I was there and I can’t believe it,” Day said. “I got shot 27 times – 16 in the body and 11 times in my body armor. ”
“I was shot in both legs, both arms, my left thumb was almost amputated, I was shot in the abdomen and had a colostomy bag for a year, my right scapula was shattered, I was shot twice in the buttocks, once in the scrotum and my body armor was hit multiple times which caused fractured ribs and contusions on my lungs.”
The Navy SEAL spent just 16 days in the hospital – during which time he lost 50lbs – before he was discharged and awarded the Purple Heart, the oldest military decoration still given to serving military members in the US.
During the following years, he was treated for PTSD by the Carrick Brain Centers, in Dallas.
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53 Comments
Thanks for serving Boss..!!! You must have left that room like a Boss going through that!!!!
Navy SEAL Sr. Chief Mike Day, thank you for your service and sacrifice. You are a true warrior, brave, strong and resilient. You represent America at its best. You took a beating by your enemy, but you survived and fought back and won the battle. Your example is just what America needs right now, to destroy its ememies both foreign and domestic. I know God is not done with you yet. Keep moving forward and know that you are being prayer for. Both you and yours. God’s continued Blessing on You.
To my fellow warrior ,27 times ,HELL the great architect was looking over you . I to had a similar experience only I got shot in the gut .I still managed to neutralize the two perps with 5 and 7 shots each after I was shot . I spent 2 years in hospital and also had a colostomy bag for two years .I lost 65kg in the first 3 months in ICU . I have recovered completely and I know what you have gone through ,thank you for what you have given up for the sake of a free and proud Nation . Wish you a long and heathy life . Colin
Thank you for your sacrificial service to our nation, Mike. Brave warriors, good men, and proud Americans like you are what our country was built on, continues to strive toward, and will press forward and prevail through current and future challenges. May God bless you and keep you.
Thank you for your service. God has plans for you to do great things. Our country needs courageous men like you.
Andy