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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Wounded Indiana National Guardsman gets hero's welcome home

Wounded Soldier Gets Hero’s Welcome In Hammond
April 10, 2012
Reporting Dana Kozlov
HAMMOND, Ind.

(CBS) – Indiana National Guard Spc. Doug Rachowicz barely survived a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in January. Four of his fellow soldiers died in the attack.

Rachowicz came home to Hammond, Ind., on Tuesday, after months of rehab and coping with the loss of his friends.

CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov has the story of a man who does not want to be called hero.

Family, friends and neighbors cheered as Rachowicz got out of a limousine on Tuesday at his home, giving the soldier a patriot’s homecoming.

Rachowicz almost didn’t come home at all.

“I don’t remember anything from that day at all,” he said after arriving home.
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