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LeeAnn
08-22-2007, 01:39 PM
A kid I used to babysit when I was in highschool was killed in Iraq yesterday. He was on that helicopter that crashed and killed 14 people. He was a sniper based out of a unit in Hawaii. His grandparents lived next door to me growing up in Texas and he and his brother lived 3 streets over in the same neighborhood. His name was Garrett & he was 23 years old. Please pray for his family.

In case you're interested, his myspace is:

http://www.myspace.com/garrettian

He had a pretty wicked sense of humor, as you will see by his quote....
Charisse
08-22-2007, 01:43 PM
LeeAnn how awful! I will pray!
ICNDonna
08-22-2007, 02:19 PM
That is so sad. My heart breaks for the families and friends of all of the young men who have been lost in this war.

Donna
ICNJess
08-22-2007, 02:25 PM
I am so sorry. I will pray for his family. How tragic :(
kuntrygurl78
08-23-2007, 02:48 AM
So sorry to hear about your friend!

My nephew is going to Iraq later this year.

A prayer for all of our troops!:pray:
SharonA
08-23-2007, 03:39 AM
This is so sad. :pray: for his family and friends. :pray:
July
08-23-2007, 03:47 AM
I'll pray for God's strength and comfort during this most difficult time for his family and friends.
mary124
08-23-2007, 04:31 AM
This is so sad, I not only Pray for this family, but for all of the families who have loss their son's and daughters from this war.
LeeAnn
08-23-2007, 11:53 AM
Thank you all for the prayers. It's so hard b/c I feel so lucky that my husband came home---he served from October of 2001 to May of 2003 in Afghanistan....and everytime someone we know gets killed, it just hits my husband especially hard.....he feels guilty for not rejoining the Army when his 8 year contract expired right after he came home from overseas. (He had actually just been in the Army Reserves until he was called to Active Duty). I could feel him tossing and turning in bed last night.....I'm sure he probably didn't sleep too well....so for him it's not only grieving the loss of a friend and neighbor, it's this sense of guilt for not continuing to serve.........and I don't really know how to comfort him.......
tigger_gal
08-23-2007, 12:58 PM
:pray: :pray: :pray:
sandymarie
08-23-2007, 01:25 PM
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So sorry, I will pray right now.

JJ
Bessie
08-23-2007, 01:42 PM
How tragic. I am so sorry for his loss. I will pray for his family and for the families of all of our troops. They give it all for us to have our freedom. :pray: :pray: :pray:
GriffsMommy
08-23-2007, 01:52 PM
That's so horrible. :pray: :pray:
dg2901
08-23-2007, 06:36 PM
May this young man's family find strength in knowing that because of their son we're able to enjoy our freedom here in the USA.

:angel:
Diana