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Friday, September 17, 2010

Michigan airman killed while disposing explosives in Iraq

Michigan airman killed while disposing explosives in Iraq
BY MATT HELMS
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
An airman from west Michigan has died in Iraq, killed while disposing of undetonated explosives.

Military officials on Wednesday notified the family of Senior Airman Jimmy Hansen, 25, that he was killed while on duty at Joint Base Balad, an air base about 42 miles north of Baghdad.

The Defense Department issued an official news release Thursday, saying Hansen died Wednesday of wounds from a controlled detonation.

"He went down to help a fellow Air Force member dispose of some undetonated explosives, and something went wrong," Hansen's brother, Rich Hansen Jr., told the Free Press on Thursday. "That's all we've got right now."



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