Posted on 06/13/2005 9:18:16 AM PDT by John Filson
DEAR ABBY: Last April, my nephew, "Frank," a first lieutenant in the Army, was on the third day of a road trip from Fort Campbell, Ky., to Seattle to deliver his pickup truck to his parents' home for storage during his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was on I-80 near Cheyenne, Wyo., in a snowstorm when his truck skidded on an icy patch, collided with a big rig, rolled over multiple times and landed off the roadway in the snow. Frank had multiple deep lacerations to his head, legs and feet, crushed bones in one foot and back, and neck injuries.
Several passers-by stopped to help. One was a nurse who held his neck straight until the paramedics arrived, and a trucker couple who called Frank's parents. However, while these good Samaritans were helping him, another group was going through Frank's things and stealing whatever they wanted. These scavengers took his cell phone, digital camera, Army helmet, wallet with military ID, the truck radio -- even his keys. The tow truck driver finally shooed them away.
I have never considered myself naive. I have lived on I-80 for 20 years and never heard of this happening. Abby, those people actually stole the military ID off a bleeding soldier. Is this as shocking to you as it is to us? -- APPALLED IN ROSEVILLE, CALIF.
DEAR APPALLED: Shocking and deplorable, yes. Unheard of, no. To paraphrase a quote I heard many years ago, "We have seen the enemy, and it is us."
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Did they ever catch the liberals that did this?
This is all I know. What laws would apply to them? Petty theft, most likely. I'd throw the book at them if I could influence the local district attorney.
Nah, these people merely bypassed the government middle-man from the process of stealing the wealth of a productive citizen.
LOL! pot dump...er...bump
Without the documentation to prove this story... I kinda doubt this is a factual account. I couldn't find anything from the local press about such a story. Seems to me this would have been front page news. The people that publish Abbey have long been suspected of making things up...
I hope that's true. I'd rather that this be false.
Wrong. I will not be counted among "us."
Whut?
Abby...abbey....oh never mind!
You're probably right. If this had occurred on I-80 in New Jersey, I'd probably believe the story to be true. But anyone who tries to commit this kind of highway robbery along I-80 in Wyoming is either dumb as a rock or has no fear of getting shot and left for dead on the side of the road.
Yes, but which one? Is it the Abbey people, or is someone else making this up?
People are fundamentally evil. What's the surprise?
Thanks for sharing.
It's a slam at the Red Zone occupants.
Laptop on the pot? What happened to newspapers?
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