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| Marine has fatal heart attack 3 hours after being home |
| 2003-08-12 |
| Edited for brevity. After eight months in Kuwait and Iraq, Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. Dale Racicot just wanted to see his wife and daughters. Giddy with excitement, they headed for the airport on Friday in Racicot’s cherished ``Marine Corps green’’ pickup truck to start what his daughter, Keri Magnarelli, called ``a reunion of a lifetime.’’ Back home three hours later, Racicot collapsed onto his dining room floor, dead of a heart attack at 54. His wife, Janet, said she heard the thud from the kitchen, where she was getting a glass of water. ``I came running over to him and I knew something serious was going on,’’ she said in an interview Tuesday. ``He looked at me and said, ’I love you all,’ and that was the last thing he said.’’ Very tragic and very sad--I guess if it had to happen, it was better to be home around family and loved ones than in some hot, sandy sh*thole. But still... |
| Posted by:Dar |