Belgian teen gets wish to be US soldier
Published December 12, 2012
Associated Press
FORT KNOX, Ky. – A 16-year-old Belgian boy with cancer listened to his grandfather tell stories about United States troops liberating the country during World War II. On Tuesday, he got a chance to be one of those soldiers.
Antoine Brisbois was at Fort Knox for the first of a two-day visit that includes working alongside soldiers and training.
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Showing posts with label cancer patients. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer patients. Show all posts
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Friday, October 28, 2011
Veteran defies death to serve in a different way
Veteran defies death to serve in a different way
By Phil Fairbanks
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: October 27, 2011, 11:57 AM
As bad as it was -- and it was bad -- it could have been worse, a lot worse.
"I could be talking to the wizard," said Frederick Goldacker. "I could be on a couch somewhere."
Only one thing stood between the former Army sergeant and an emotional crisis -- and that was his focus on the men in his infantry unit coming home alive and well from the war in Afghanistan.
The sergeant came home, too -- Goldacker is now living in Niagara Falls -- but thanks to a freak combat incident, he arrived with thyroid cancer and a permanent disability.
"The doctor said, 'I have some bad news for you,'" Goldacker recalls. "And I jokingly said, 'I have cancer.'
"And he said, 'Yes, you do.'"
So what does Rick Goldacker, just 18 months away from combat and still in the midst of cancer treatment, do next?
He signs up to become a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent.
For anyone who knows Goldacker, it's probably no surprise that the combat infantry leader is now patrolling the rivers and lakes around Buffalo. And doing it just a year after undergoing thyroid surgery and being declared disabled by the Army.
It's an uncommon tale of a soldier who saw a lot in Afghanistan, probably more than most men should, and could understandably have walked away from it.
Goldacker did just the opposite. He asked to serve his country again.
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By Phil Fairbanks
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: October 27, 2011, 11:57 AM
"I really hope in my heart that they find a place for me here." Frederick Goldacker, Afghan War veteran now training with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Charles Lewis / Buffalo News
As bad as it was -- and it was bad -- it could have been worse, a lot worse.
"I could be talking to the wizard," said Frederick Goldacker. "I could be on a couch somewhere."
Only one thing stood between the former Army sergeant and an emotional crisis -- and that was his focus on the men in his infantry unit coming home alive and well from the war in Afghanistan.
The sergeant came home, too -- Goldacker is now living in Niagara Falls -- but thanks to a freak combat incident, he arrived with thyroid cancer and a permanent disability.
"The doctor said, 'I have some bad news for you,'" Goldacker recalls. "And I jokingly said, 'I have cancer.'
"And he said, 'Yes, you do.'"
So what does Rick Goldacker, just 18 months away from combat and still in the midst of cancer treatment, do next?
He signs up to become a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent.
For anyone who knows Goldacker, it's probably no surprise that the combat infantry leader is now patrolling the rivers and lakes around Buffalo. And doing it just a year after undergoing thyroid surgery and being declared disabled by the Army.
It's an uncommon tale of a soldier who saw a lot in Afghanistan, probably more than most men should, and could understandably have walked away from it.
Goldacker did just the opposite. He asked to serve his country again.
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Tampa VA lost equipment and camera with breast cancer patients data
I-Team: Tampa VA lost private medical photos of breast cancer patients
By: Alan Cohn
TAMPA - The I-Team has uncovered hundreds of thousands dollars' worth of expensive equipment and property at VA hospitals in Tampa and Bay Pines has been lost or stolen in the last two years.
The list includes televisions, laptop computers, and microscopes. But the most serious loss was not the most expensive item.
A camera, used to photograph women before and after surgery for breast cancer, was discovered missing from a clinic at the James A. Haley VA Hospital last November.
"The photos in question,” an investigative report obtained by the I-Team reads, "may potentially be graphic and personal in nature."
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By: Alan Cohn
The camera disappeared from the Plastic Surgery Clinic. The VA's reports says it also contained “The social security information from the patients" whose photos were on it.
TAMPA - The I-Team has uncovered hundreds of thousands dollars' worth of expensive equipment and property at VA hospitals in Tampa and Bay Pines has been lost or stolen in the last two years.
The list includes televisions, laptop computers, and microscopes. But the most serious loss was not the most expensive item.
A camera, used to photograph women before and after surgery for breast cancer, was discovered missing from a clinic at the James A. Haley VA Hospital last November.
"The photos in question,” an investigative report obtained by the I-Team reads, "may potentially be graphic and personal in nature."
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Monday, August 8, 2011
Neighbors rally against hateful "Glad you have cancer" sign
The spelling on the sign said it all. The person who wrote it was not very well educated aside from being hateful.
Neighbors rally against " Glad you have cancer" sign
People who live in one Rhode Island neighborhood are rallying around the cancer victim targeted by a hateful sign.
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