Wounded soldier surprises hometown at fundraiser for him

Wounded Soldier Surprises Hometown
Sgt. Brendan Ferreira Makes Trip Home From Walter Reed
Taunton -- A local soldier, wounded in the line of duty, surprised his local community Sunday when he came home for a fundraiser in his honor.

The Wounded Soldier Day Fundraiser Jeep Run was held at the P.A.C.C. in Taunton in honor of Sgt. Brendan Ferreira, 23, of Assonet.

The fund raiser was on the same weekend Ferreira was supposed to come home on leave from Afghanistan. Those plans were changed back in March when Ferreira was critically injured during a suicide bomb attack. Two of his fellow soldiers were killed.
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