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04/09/2003 10:19:44 PM · #1 |
I was informed yesterday that my brother (in the Army) was in a severe accident and was being airlifted to a hospital in Germany. After a very stressful night last night, there still was no news this morning. After calling the hospital he was supposed to go to, they said he was not there. After spending half the day calling the Army, the Department of Defense, the International Red Cross, my brother's unit in Germany, as many hospitals as I could find in Germany, I finally received word that my brother is now in Germany at the hospital and is going to be OK.
This has been a very scary and stressful time for me, but I thank God that it had a happy ending. As happy as I am to hear that my brother is OK, my heart is still broken for all of the families who have lost loved ones. Those families are in my thoughts and prayers....
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04/09/2003 10:30:46 PM · #2 |
All of them have been in my thought and prayers.
I`m glad your brother is doing ok. Tell him Thank you |
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04/09/2003 10:32:36 PM · #3 |
| I'm glad you "found" him. Let him know there are a lot of us rooting for him, and the other soldiers over there! |
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04/09/2003 10:50:43 PM · #4 |
JD, Oh yes! Thank God he is safe and will be alright! I can't even imagine what you must have been going through. He (and you) will be in my prayers. God bless him and all those who are putting their lives on the line to help liberate people.
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04/10/2003 01:58:07 AM · #5 |
| He has served his country well, and is a hero! I'm sure you are proud of him and so are the US people. :) We appreciate all he has done for our country, and I'm glad he is going to be OK. Give him a big "hero's welcome" when he comes back home. :) |
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04/10/2003 02:39:35 AM · #6 |
I think we should not forget that loved ones are lost on both sides and the Iraqi families have suffered far more American.
My only point is that suffering is suffering. When all is said and done, it doesn't matter which side you are on.
I am glad you found out about your brother and that he is going to be OK.
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04/10/2003 07:38:17 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
I think we should not forget that loved ones are lost on both sides and the Iraqi families have suffered far more American.
My only point is that suffering is suffering. When all is said and done, it doesn't matter which side you are on.
I am glad you found out about your brother and that he is going to be OK. |
I agree with you completely. War is a horrible thing and all losses are sad and my heart grieves for them all. Although there is loss now, I believe the Irqai people as a whole have a chance for a better life now.
Thank you all for the nice comments concerning my brother. I appreciate the prayers!!!!
JD Anderson
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04/10/2003 08:56:37 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
I think we should not forget that loved ones are lost on both sides and the Iraqi families have suffered far more American.
My only point is that suffering is suffering. When all is said and done, it doesn't matter which side you are on.
I am glad you found out about your brother and that he is going to be OK. |
Of COURSE we should remember the losses of Iraqi people. They too are created in God's image!!! My heart breaks for them. They have been in bondage for so long. Many, many heartaches in that land. I pray for them.
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04/10/2003 09:18:02 PM · #9 |
| Its nice to see that all the American and British effort is now appreciated by the liberated Iraqi people. It is so sad that anyone had to lose their life for the freedom of others. We wish all the coalition soldiers well!Glad you brother is going to be o.k. smellyfish! I am deeply saddened by the losses that many families have already endured! |
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04/12/2003 02:10:59 AM · #10 |
A couple more hectic days...
It turns out that my brother was not in the hospital in Germany. His wife went there and he was not there, and he never showed up. After a couple of days of not knowing where he was, the Red Cross in Germany finally tracked him down in a hospital in Spain.
He is in a Maintenance Unit, and he was sent into Baghdad to retrieve some damaged equipment to be repaired. They wound up in the cross fire between Iraqi forces and US army forces on April 5th.
In an attempt to get out of the cross fire, they were travelling at a high rate of speed when their vehicle had a collision with a Humvee. I'm told it was a horrendous crash, with his vehicle flipping and rolling.
My brother's neck and throat were cut deeply by the seat belt, and they believe he has nerve damage in his leg (as well as other cuts, bruises, etc). The Army combat unit engaging the Iraqis had medics with them and they quickly administered first aid and evacuated him, which saved his life due to the seriousness of his neck/throat injuries.
He is now safe and recovering in Spain and should be transferred to Germany soon.
I am very relieved to finally know (and confirm) that he is safe, stable, and getting the medical attention that he needs. Thank you all again for your kind comments, and especially for the prayers.
JD Anderson
Message edited by author 2003-04-12 02:12:13. |
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04/12/2003 02:45:01 AM · #11 |
Combat medics and the MASH surgeons and nurses are still underappreciated despite (or perhaps because of?) so many years of the show M*A*S*H. My profession (Physician Assistant) was created to make use of the skills of the medics returning from Viet Nam some thirty years ago.
I'm so glad they have come through yet again! |
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04/12/2003 07:00:14 AM · #12 |
smellyfish - I'm so glad he's alive!
You know, just after the war started, I saw a TV news story that featured an old Palestinian man. He talked about his attitudes to the war. It showed him for a few seconds watching the bombing of Baghdad on TV, a worried frown on his face. The voiceover explained that he was concerned about his son, who was in Baghdad studying dentistry.
We get so much TV coverage about people in the Middle East being terrorists, Islamic extremists, poor, oppressed, etc. You just don't imagine that there is an old man in a Palestinian town in the West Bank, in a normal looking home, wearing clothes that no westerner would bat an eye at, watching the news on TV, and worrying about his son who went to Baghdad to study dentistry at a university. It's just so normal and mundane, but by its context, in this part of the world we all have so many prejudices about, the story of an ordinary man and his son become surreal and horrifying. I still can't help wondering whether that young man survived the bombing, whether he'll return to treat Palestinians with his new qualifications in dentistry, and whether his father will get to proudly show him off to all his friends and family.
And yet, every death, every injury, every horrifying experience on either side of the war affects families just like this one :(. |
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04/12/2003 10:57:51 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by lisae:
smellyfish - I'm so glad he's alive!
And yet, every death, every injury, every horrifying experience on either side of the war affects families just like this one :(. |
Yes Lisa, you are so right! Each and every person created and conceived is valuable! As the saying goes "God don't make no junk!" I agree with that 100% There are no mistakes about it. We need to value all life.
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