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Blood and Sand: The BBC security correspondent’s own extraordinary and inspiring story by Frank Gardner ThePaintedCake in a twist that willDescription On the June 6, 2004, while on assignment in Riyadh, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point blank range Against all the odds, Frank Gardner survived. Today, although partly paralysed, Frank continues to travel the