Community rallies behind wounded Maine soldier

Community rallies behind wounded Maine soldier
Jun 27, 2012
Written by
Sarah Delage

LIVERMORE FALLS, Maine (NEWS CENTER)

The community is rallying behind a local family whose daughter was critically injured in a suicide bomber attack in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Helaina Lake is being treated at Walter Reed hospital near Washington D.C. Lake's mother, Jeannine Lake, is heading to D.C. to see her daughter for the first time since last Wednesday's attack. She has had brief conversations with her daughter over the phone, and has said that she is in a lot of pain, and just wants to be reunited with her family, especially her two year-old son Aden.

During the bombing, Sergeant Lake was hit with shrapnel and ball bearings on the right side of her body. She was in a medically-induced coma until Monday morning as doctors performed several surgeries and worked to control her pain.
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