Armed in America: Police & Guns
Flash Bang Grenade Exploded Near Baby’s Crib, Mother Recalls
Clip | 3m 49s
A SWAT Team changed the lives of the Phonesavanhs forever with one flash bang grenade.
Alecia Phonesavanh recounts the story of when a SWAT Team threw a flash bang grenade in through a window, and it landed in the crib of her son, baby Bou Bou. The SWAT Team rushed the baby to the hospital, where he was in a medically induced coma for three weeks. To date Baby Bou Bou has had 14 surgeries.
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Armed in America: Police & Guns
Flash Bang Grenade Exploded Near Baby’s Crib, Mother Recalls
Clip | 3m 49s
Alecia Phonesavanh recounts the story of when a SWAT Team threw a flash bang grenade in through a window, and it landed in the crib of her son, baby Bou Bou. The SWAT Team rushed the baby to the hospital, where he was in a medically induced coma for three weeks. To date Baby Bou Bou has had 14 surgeries.
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