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Summary A man saved life of a soldier twice in a year is due to be the best man at his wedding.
It will certainly make for an unusal speech at the wedding.While a best man has a lot of responsibilities before a wedding, but Lance Corporal Scott Ringer Townson has set a new benchmark for others by saving the life of his friend and groom-to-be twice in a year.Lance Corporal Craig Turley was on patrol with the 1 Rifles in the Nar-E-Saraj district of Afghanistan nearly lost his left hand when an exploding grenade severed an artery. Exactly a year later he was bitten by a venomous snake while training in Kenya.Luckily for the 28-year-old, L/Cpl Townson, a medic, was there to help on both occasions.The fact both incidents happened exactly a year apart, on September 23, will have made choosing a date for the wedding a little easier, with the couple undoubtedly keen to prevent an unlucky third mishap.Clearly up to the task of being best man, L/Cpl Townson will now also be on hand when L/Cpl Turley marries fiance Amy Rhodes next April.L/Cpl Turley, from Marlborough, Wiltshire, told The Citizen newspaper: When the hand grenade went off it created a lot of dust and fragmentation went into my left hand and it cut my artery.After 30 minutes the soldier started to feel nauseous, he was convulsing and his eyesight went.He said all he could hear was L/Cpl Townson who had come to his aid with a supply of anti-venom.L/Cpl Townson added: I was just doing my job like anyone would, but it is strange that it was exactly a year ago I treated him in Afghanistan and Im not sure whether he will want to be near me on September 23 next year.
