Surviving Soldier Gets Unexpected Auto Body Help

Surviving Soldier Gets Unexpected Auto Body Help
February 16, 2012
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) — A soldier who survived a rocket attack in Iraq that killed three of his friends got some unexpected help here at home. An auto body class in St. Cloud fixed up Jacob Benson’s SUV after it was nearly totaled in a five-car pileup this summer.

Benson suffered serious injuries and three other Minnesota soldiers were killed in that rocket attack back in July 2009.

Benson has been struggling to deal with it ever since. But now, the unexpected help from a fellow soldier and an auto body class, may have not only fixed his vehicle, but helped heal those wounds.

Benson still thinks about Basra every day. Still thinks about the soldiers he calls brothers: Carlos Wilcox, James Wertish and Dan Drevnick.

“I stay in very close contact with the families,” he said.

And now, he has a new reminder of the brothers he lost, and friendships he has gained. Last August, Benson’s Chevy Trailblazer was almost totaled in a five-car pileup, and he had no way to fix it, until fellow Red Bull Nick Buskey stepped in.
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