The Marvel Of The Day

As in Marvel Comics. A British Royal Marine Colour Sergeant, Carl 'Tatts' Tatton has become the Incredible Hulk in real life. He single-handedly lifted a two ton truck off a fellow soldier in Afghanistan, saving the man's life.

Drowning in 3ft of ditch water, his leg trapped under a two - ton truck , Royal Marine Mark Farr must have thought there was no way he would make it out of Afghanistan alive.

But he reckoned without the heroism of his fellow Marine, Colour Sergeant Carl 'Tatts' Tatton, who braved Taliban mortar fire to lift the vehicle by himself, although it was 13 times his body weight.

Marine Farr, 29, dubbed his rescuer 'The Incredible Bulk' after the superhuman feat.

"Without Tatts I'd have drowned," he said. "I owe him my life."

Now back in Britain, Colour Sergeant Tatton has spoken out for the first time about the adrenaline rush that allowed him to move the truck on November 5 last year.

The 38-year- old from Ford, Plymouth, said unassumingly: "When you see one of your mates in danger, you just react."

Well, that's true. But most people don't toss trucks about to do so. Kudos, Colour Sergeant Tatton.