Private Jessica Lynch: Precious cargo

The Sunday Times ^ | April 6, 2003 | Mark Franchetti

[MadIvan]

A dramatic and powerful story.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[homeschool mama]

Thanks for posting this article! :oD

[prairiebreeze]

Survivors guilt. That hadn't occurred to me yet.

Prairie --sigh

[OldFriend]

REAL AMERICANS

[Anamensis]

She weighs seven stones? What's a stone?

[BenLurkin]

All our service men and women are "precious". God Bless them all, throughout the entire coalition.

[MadIvan]

1 stone = 14 pounds

Regards, Ivan

[geedee]

She weighs seven stones? What's a stone?

I just passed one of them suckers. If she's gonna seven of 'em, she's gonna be laid up for awhile.

[Cicero]

"What's a stone?"

14 pounds. So, she weighs about 98 pounds.

[Thebaddog]

Her words were, "I'm an American soldier too." As I recall her quote from this morning's briefing. Whadda class act. She's what we're all about.

[jimtorr]

That story has brought tears to my eyes.

This will be a made-for-TV movie inside of three months, I expect.

[jellybean]

Good readin'!!

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

She weighs 98 pounds.

[ArneFufkin]

I hope all the media outlets understand that dynamic.

She saw her friends and comrades die.

She should be left alone for at least three months. HER life and future is the feelgood story. The death of her brave comrades is profoundly sad for her.

This is a bittersweet moment. Let the Private First Class recover in peace.

[Paleo Conservative]

1 stone = 14 pounds

How does The Sunday Times avoid the wrath of EU bureaucrats from Brussels? I thought only metric units were allowed?

[nicmarlo]

Thank God for all those brave soldiers who rescued her and recovered the others to bring home to their families....

[ArneFufkin]

It is “hillbilly” country, a term that the locals resent. “Yes we do have hills,” said one indignantly, “but we’re as intelligent as anybody* in America.”

*anybody = Arkansas and Washington D.C.

[UB355]

Thanks for the post

[tinacart]

Thank you for this story. Very touching, when I stop crying I'll finish cooking dinner... Thank God we have our brave and dedicated military so I can sit here on my computer, with my dinner in the oven, knowing with certainty that my grandchildren are safe playing outside. This is indeed a blessed country, and we owe a lot of gratitude to soldiers like Lynch. Dramatic and powerful - YES!