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| Rescued POW DOES have gunshot wounds |
| 2003-04-05 |
| Edited for brevity. Parents of Jessica "Jessi" Lynch will fly to Germany this afternoon, a day after learning their daughter had suffered gunshot wounds that went undetected for days. Gregory Lynch Sr. and his wife, Deadra, are scheduled to fly from Charleston, W.Va., early this afternoon to join their daughter, the Army private first class who was taken to the military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center after being rescued from an Iraqi hospital on Tuesday. Family member Dan Little last evening told reporters and photographers gathered at the end of the family's dirt and gravel driveway in this tiny town that the Lynches "finally" heard from their daughter's doctor yesterday. The doctor told them that, in addition to a back injury, two broken legs and a broken right arm that had previously been diagnosed, Lynch had been shot with a small-caliber weapon, hit once each in her right arm and left leg. Lynch, 19, underwent back surgery on Thursday, and yesterday, surgeons inserted rods and pins in her arms and legs to help them heal properly. But the gunshot wounds were not found until "an extensive probing and examination" was conducted, Little said. He said he didn't know why doctors initially failed to find the wounds. In response to a reporter's question, Little said the Lynches were "understandably frustrated" by their inability to speak to their daughter's doctor until they heard from him yesterday afternoon. Little said Lynch was placed in an intensive care unit "purely for observation." She had a low-grade infection and a temperature of 102, but that was dropping yesterday and her condition was improving. In Gettysburg, Pa., yesterday, the mother of a Marine sergeant said she received an e-mail from her son, indicating that he was part of the successful rescue of Lynch. "I just wanted to let you know that we are finally war heroes," Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. William "Joe" Morehead, 39, wrote in the e-mail message to his mother, Bonnie Hammond. "We pulled out the POWs last night. ... Makes me feel as if it was all worth it. It's time to come home for sure. I'm tired of getting shot at." |
| Posted by:Dar Steckelberg |
| #3 http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31896 The November 1992 Pentagon report accused Iraqi troops of systematically carrying out grisly acts of torture against Kuwaiti citizens. ... "Electric drills were used to penetrate the chest, leg(s) or arm(s) of victims." Edited..there's much more that is very disheartening, considering the fate of the others. But....Jessica asked her family if she made the local paper! That makes me believe that they failed to crush her spirit! You go girl! |
| Posted by: becky 2003-04-05 13:53:04 |
| #2 "... had been shot with a small-caliber weapon, hit once each in her right arm and left leg." Shot after she was captured ? I hope not. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-05 10:37:27 |
| #1 I'm puzzled: An earlier post had her parents denying half of her injuries. Goodness! She was chewed up so badly they MISSED the gunshot wounds? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-04-05 11:06:19 |