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Vietnam vet from Shelby County living a charmed life

Hurshal Spurling has survived several perilous moments in his life.

An Army medic combat, he came home safely from two tours in Vietnam – he even managed to escape the wrath of an angry cobra once.

But the most dangerous moment in his life likely came as a Shelbyville teenager trying to deliver donuts in the winter on a rickety, old bicycle.