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| Missing Major Looks Forward to Trip Home |
| 2006-09-14 |
| The U.S. Air Force major who vanished in Kyrgyzstan then reappeared three days later is being debriefed at a military hospital in Germany, but is looking forward to getting home soon, officials said Wednesday. Maj. Jill Metzger was flown out of the former Soviet republic within a few hours of her reappearance and was admitted Sunday to the U.S. military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. "Right now I'm trying to focus on healing myself mentally and physically," Metzger said Wednesday, according to comments released by the Air Force. "I'm healthy and recovering, and looking very forward to heading back to the (United) States to see my family. I appreciate everyone's understanding in respecting my privacy while I rest and try to get through this," she said in the released remarks. The officer was stationed at the U.S. base in Manas outside the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek when she disappeared Sept. 5 while on a shopping excursion in the city. She resurfaced Sept. 8 when she knocked on the door of a house in Kant, about 15 miles outside Bishkek, and claimed she had been kidnapped. Kyrgyz authorities have said her swift departure could impede their investigation, because they wanted to question her further to clarify her account because of contradictions in her story. According to investigators, Metzger said an object with a note saying it was a bomb was placed in her pocket in a Bishkek department store and that she was kidnapped after following the note's instructions on where to go. Col. John Collins, Landstuhl's chief of staff, said Metzger has been undergoing medical evaluations and tests during her stay and is in good condition. "We will continue to care for Maj. Metzger for as long as the debriefing process takes," he said in remarks also released by the Air Force. "She has been through a lot, and we hope she will be able to fly back to the States in the next day or so." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 I am going to go out on a limb here and predict she will become the next IVAW President and tour the country with Cindy Sheehan. Something just doesnÂ’t sound right here. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-09-14 12:58 |
| #1 I'll bet she is. It's that stop at the end that's going to bring reality home. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-14 05:30 |