"Dear Joshua, I hope you die!" -- J. Sparling (Walter Reed patient)

Fox & Friends ^ | 12/5/05 | Mware

[mware]

This story was reported on Fox and Friends this morning.

Joshua Sparling just got to Walter Reed last week and received ONE letter from someone writing in a child's printing. Among other things it told him to die. The soldier has the card on the wall of his room. I know FReepers can counter this despicable action with some of our own letters.

Joshua Sparling

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

6900 Georgia Avenue N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20307-5001

Update: Since Joshua will undoubtedly be overwhelmed by America's response, please consider sending (instead of or in addition to Joshua) cards to these find troops:

Excerpt from Brian K. at FNC:
If you have the time, please try and include the others I met along with Col. North and Col. Hunt at Walter Reed:

Capt. James Ollinger
Sgt. Zavian Simspon
Specialist Brian Radke
Specialist Jason Braase
Sgt. David Nevins
Sgt. Jose Ramos
Cpl. Todd Bishop
Sgt. Ryan Donnelly
Sgt. Eva Diane Cochran

[mware]

Let him know we care

[saveliberty]

thank you!

[mewzilla]

Thanks for posting this. The info will also be available on the FOX & friends blog today at some point. I hope they put up a copy of that letter. It was a despicable thing to send.

[Bahbah]

Great. Thanks. We'll see it gets on the Tony Snow Show thread as well. I'd love to find the letter writer and administer a thrashing.

[Ros42]

I saw this earlier and have already written to Joshua. :)

[mware]

Did you see the front of it> It had all these Christmas stamps. I guess Walter Reed thought it looked innocent enough. It think it was signed Miguel and some other work near it.

I was rushing around the house and missed that part. I was so stunned by the ending DIE, that everything else on the screen seemed to disappear to my sight.

[areafiftyone]

Thank you so much for posting this. I heard about it on Fox and Friends this morning and was sooo angry at this. I am going out at lunch and buying a beautiful Christmas Card for Joshua Sparling! Could you believe that horrible card was the only Christmas card he got? I am sure after this post he'll be swamped with cards from wonderful Freepers!

[armydawg1]

Done and in the mail this morning.

God bless you Joshua!

[mewzilla]

It looked like a kid wrote it. If an adult put a kid up to do that...The hosts were also wondering if some adult did it, pretending to be a kid. In any case, it was a truly despicable thing to do. But didn't the letter have a return address? I'm wondering if someone shouldn't check that out.

[Fawn]

Will do.

[Coldwater Creek]

I do not want to sound cynical, but are we sure that this is for real? We are a military family so do not jump on me for this question.

[MarMema]

Book mark for later

[mware]

I think it is real.

The letter was sent to Walter Reed. He got it there. I suspect some git who saw in a local newspaper that he was wounded sent the letter.

[Lil'freeper]

bump for later

[mewzilla]

I hope FNC follows up and tries to find out who sent it.

[DCMB]

Why is the letter up on his wall??? I'll personally go
over to Walter Reed and bring him some cards and gifts to
make up for this atrocity.

[Arrowhead1952]

The hosts were also wondering if some adult from DU did it.

That is my bet. I'll put a Christmas card in the mail to a fellow soldier today.

[mware]

Brian K. and Col. Hunt visited Walter Reed together over the weekend. Brian said that he was so affected by the letter that he just decided to put it on his wall.

[OpusatFR]

Card ready to be mailed with check.

Hey, send this kid some cash while we are at it.

They do have to pay for the extra goodies I understand. If that isn't right please correct me.

[Samwise]

Why is the letter up on his wall??? I'll personally go over to Walter Reed and bring him some cards and gifts to make up for this atrocity.

Well, this makes me so mad I could just spit. I'll send a card; thanks for going in person.