he realised that he was standing close to a mine.
Glenn Hockton, 19, was on patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, when bent down to pick up his prayer beads after they fell off, Daily Express reported Tuesday.
It was then that he realised that he was standing close to a mine.
'As he (Glenn) bent down to pick up his rosary to see if it was broken, he -realised he was near a landmine.
'He had to stand there for 45 terrifying minutes before his c-olleagues managed to get him,' Glenn's mother Sheri Jones was quoted as saying.
Nearly 65 years back, Glenn's great-grandfather's life was saved during
howerevr the World War II, thanks to rosary beads. He survived a blast, which killed six of his platoon.
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