[the_devils_advocate_666]

She sounds like a very humble young lady, best wishes to her.

[CholeraJoe]

Now you've done it. The "Women shouldn't be in combat" posse will be here momentarily.

[NEWwoman]

I read the book about her - "I'm an American soldier, too". It was quite well written and she came across quite humble there too. She really misses her best friend Lori who was killed in the ambush and wished the whole thing never happened.

[KantianBurke]

"My weapon jammed," said Lynch, who was a member of the Fort Bliss, Texas-based 507th Maintenance Co. at the time. "I don't want to take credit for anything I didn't do. I had to tell the truth."

Very impressive. She has my respect. However women do NOT belong on the battlefield. This article does not mention the sexual assult she endured to prevent that idea from taking hold IMHO.

[gcruse]

The journalism students...grew silent as if someone had sworn in church

Journalists of the future, already trained..  No applause.  No standing O, silence.

Cameras began to flash. And besides the clicking, all you could hear was Jessica Lynch's shoes brush against the carpeted floor.  Esper...broke the silence as he directed comments, jokes and questions to Lynch

Still dead calm in the audience

 At the end of the discussion, Lynch told the attentive crowd to never take life for granted

Attentive as "in sitting on their hands?"  Feh.

[Joe_October]

I like Miss Lynch and wish her well. I wonder if she said anything more about being a soldier? It is absent in all the reports. Funny, the a story about talking to journalists would be so bland. Was nothing added?

We've read the template before Iraqis good, helpful. American soldiers stupid, paranoid. I would love the hear her speak to her what she really has to say.

[Tribune7]

Bump for Jessica.