A Narrative Essay About A Hero

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Hero Paper BOOM!! A bomb went off below Chris Kyle. Chris was an American sniper working in Afghanistan. Next thing he knew there was a Syrian militant standing in the doorway. He had an AK-47 pointed at Chris. Chris’s first idea was to start talking, he said, “You, shall not, PASSSS!” But the Sirian said, “You killed my father. Prepare to die!” Chris looked from top to bottom. The militant was equipped with all of the things Chris was afraid of. He had an EMP and some C4 strapped to his chest. He was obviously a suicide bomber. He held the detonator in his hand. He looked as though he was just about to pull the trigger to blow up all of himself and Chris. Chris was dumbfounded. First thing Chris thought of was to shoot him. That was …show more content…
But if he shot there, he would kill himself as well as him.
So Chris pulled out his pistol, but just as he did an American militant just shot the Syrian militant right in the head seven times before he fell to the ground. Chris was so happy to see his colleague standing in the door. His colleague smiled when he saw Chris. Chris said, “Hey man, what is it like down there?” His colleague (Stinger) said, “It’s pretty hectic, how’s it been up here?” Chris said, “Oh well pretty good, “ as he smiled. Stinger said, “Hey, at least you didn’t have to clear buildings,” Chris smiled. As they headed down, Chris kept his pistol out. He felt relatively safe with a person in front of him having a LMG (light machine gun). They headed back to the deployment truck to head back to the plane. When they got to the plane, Chris felt really happy that he was heading back. When he arrived in Texas thirteen hours later and after lots of driving, he was heading home finally. While he was still at the military base, he saw his younger brother (Jeff Kyle). He said, “Hey, how you holding up?” His brother, Jeff, ignored him because he was mad about joining the army. When Chris came back home, he saw his

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