Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Special forces soldier's horror at seeing dead pal's blown-off hand and leg after blast
dailystar.co.uksoldier found his comrade's blown-up hand and leg after an improvised explosive device destroyed their truck.Joseph Serna, 44, is a retired veteran of the Green Beret Special Forces – the US equivalent of the SAS – having passed selection in 2001, six years after joining the army in 1995.Soon after passing selection for the special forces, he was deployed to Colombia, helping to train the South American nation's military in fighting the 'War on Drugs', before being deployed to Afghanistan in 2006.While on a joint mission with the Afghan National Army as part of his first combat deployment in the country in 2008, his team ran over an improvised explosive device.Speaking on the Lockdown 23and1 podcast on YouTube, the 44-year-old said: "We came across a village and it kind of fish bowled, you had to drive down the fishbowl and come up the other side."First truck goes, second truck goes and then third truck goes – which is my truck.
We started making our way into the fishbowl and I feel this massive blow and I find myself on the outside, about 20 feet away from the truck – it blew me out the back of the truck."The dad-of-seven went on to explain how he became very disorientated and had no idea where he was, with his mind taking him back to his childhood days of playing baseball and sliding around in the dirt.As he regained his senses, he realised he had to find cover, but that's when he saw his comrades were seriously injured.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.He explained: "I look over at my buddy and his legs are going backwards.
He shot out of the truck and landed back in it."I then look over at my three o'clock and see my boss. He's still sitting in his.
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