Posted on 10/09/2004 8:07:34 PM PDT by Amish with an attitude
ATHOL -- Ryan Rickel, 2002 Lake City High School graduate, was riding in the gunner position on a Humvee in Baghdad when the bomb exploded six feet away from him Sept. 21.
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Bless him and thank the Lord for this healing.
His insight on things media isn't reporting is something I'm hearing from friends and family in Iraq also. Wish we could successfully get that across to the American public.
It is a blessing to hear these young folks express their knowledge of purpose in the fight.
Too bad his father gave a plug for "Leatherman."
What can you say about young men like this? They get battered and broken and they just heal up and fight to get back over there. They are going to be a part of something that is going to change the history of this world.
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