Man held for mental evaluation in Friday's lockdown, gun threat at USF
Times Staff Writer
Posted: Jul 25, 2009 12:21 PM
A man who touched off a lockdown and manhunt Friday at the University of South Florida by telling a crisis center operator that he was carrying a gun on campus was detained early Saturday for mental evaluation, USF police said.
The man agreed to an interview at USF police headquarters and was held under the Baker Act. The law allows people to be taken for mental health examination if they show the potential for causing serious injury to themselves or others.
read more here
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1021725.ece
Saturday, July 25, 2009
One less MIA too look for in Vietnam
Remains of SC soldier recovered from Vietnam
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jul 25, 2009 11:36:02 EDT
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The sister of a South Carolina soldier who went missing in Vietnam four decades ago says his remains have been recovered.
The Herald Journal of Spartanburg reported Saturday that remains found last March at a crash site in south central Vietnam have been identified as Thomas Rice Jr.
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jul 25, 2009 11:36:02 EDT
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The sister of a South Carolina soldier who went missing in Vietnam four decades ago says his remains have been recovered.
The Herald Journal of Spartanburg reported Saturday that remains found last March at a crash site in south central Vietnam have been identified as Thomas Rice Jr.
read more here
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Hosts Helping Our Hometown Heroes Event
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2009
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Hosts Helping Our Hometown Heroes Event in Pontiac
Statewide events will take place over the next few months to ensure Veterans know about all available benefits and assistance
PONTIAC - The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) hosted a Helping Our Hometown Heroes event today at the Illinois National Guard Armory in Pontiac, for local Veterans, their families, and friends. Various federal, state and local organizations came together for the event that was dedicated to assisting Illinois’ military heroes and their families in getting all the benefits they rightfully deserve.
“The Helping Our Hometown Heroes events are a great opportunity for our Veterans and their families to receive one-on-one assistance from professionals who know the resources available to help take care of our service men and women,” Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Director Dan Grant said. “It is also a great way to learn about state and federal benefits. I urge all Veterans, their families, friends, and other members of the community to come out to a Helping Our Hometown Heroes event.”
The Helping Our Hometown Heroes event in Pontiac ran from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and included informational booths, presentations, and one-on-one assistance from experts in a variety of areas including healthcare, employment, housing, education, and more.
Federal, state and local agencies and organizations from Livingston County participated in today’s special event including: Illinois Department of Employment Security, Illinois Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Red Cross of the Heartland, Catholic Charities, Futures Unlimited, Livingston County Homeless Coalition, Livingston County Housing Authority, Livingston County Ramp Project and Mid-Central Community Action, among others.
IDVA will host Helping Our Hometown Heroes events at locations across the state over the next few months. All local Veterans, family members, friends and neighbors are welcome and encouraged to attend.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2009
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Hosts Helping Our Hometown Heroes Event in Pontiac
Statewide events will take place over the next few months to ensure Veterans know about all available benefits and assistance
PONTIAC - The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) hosted a Helping Our Hometown Heroes event today at the Illinois National Guard Armory in Pontiac, for local Veterans, their families, and friends. Various federal, state and local organizations came together for the event that was dedicated to assisting Illinois’ military heroes and their families in getting all the benefits they rightfully deserve.
“The Helping Our Hometown Heroes events are a great opportunity for our Veterans and their families to receive one-on-one assistance from professionals who know the resources available to help take care of our service men and women,” Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Director Dan Grant said. “It is also a great way to learn about state and federal benefits. I urge all Veterans, their families, friends, and other members of the community to come out to a Helping Our Hometown Heroes event.”
The Helping Our Hometown Heroes event in Pontiac ran from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and included informational booths, presentations, and one-on-one assistance from experts in a variety of areas including healthcare, employment, housing, education, and more.
Federal, state and local agencies and organizations from Livingston County participated in today’s special event including: Illinois Department of Employment Security, Illinois Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Red Cross of the Heartland, Catholic Charities, Futures Unlimited, Livingston County Homeless Coalition, Livingston County Housing Authority, Livingston County Ramp Project and Mid-Central Community Action, among others.
IDVA will host Helping Our Hometown Heroes events at locations across the state over the next few months. All local Veterans, family members, friends and neighbors are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Vietnam Veteran Lacks Medical Attention
Vietnam Veteran Lacks Medical Attention
Vietnam veteran Antonio Gonzalez can't leave his bed due to an illness doctors can't figure out. He still needs medical care, but he said he feels he's been forgotten.
"The veteran needs to be taken care of, not just put aside and forgotten," Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez's wife Marie has not forgotten about her husband, though. She currently takes care of her him 24 hours a day. Nonetheless, she said there are certain medical needs like bloodwork and physical therapy that she can't meet.
"I don't have the power to do it," Gonzalez said. "I don't have the power or the money for physical therapy. We would not be able to eat."
Gonzalez doesn't even eat that much these days, but he said physical therapy is one need his body wants.
read more here
Vietnam Veteran Lacks Medical Attention - KZTV Action 10 News
Vietnam veteran Antonio Gonzalez can't leave his bed due to an illness doctors can't figure out. He still needs medical care, but he said he feels he's been forgotten.
"The veteran needs to be taken care of, not just put aside and forgotten," Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez's wife Marie has not forgotten about her husband, though. She currently takes care of her him 24 hours a day. Nonetheless, she said there are certain medical needs like bloodwork and physical therapy that she can't meet.
"I don't have the power to do it," Gonzalez said. "I don't have the power or the money for physical therapy. We would not be able to eat."
Gonzalez doesn't even eat that much these days, but he said physical therapy is one need his body wants.
read more here
Vietnam Veteran Lacks Medical Attention - KZTV Action 10 News
'Shame' felt by young assault victim's family decried
'Shame' felt by young assault victim's family decried
Story Highlights
President Sirleaf speaks about Arizona sexual assault of refugee, 8
Four boys, ages 9 to 14, also refugees, are charged in the case
Sirleaf says, "This is not a question of shame on the family"
Liberia's ambassador to U.S. says he will join efforts to help the girl
(CNN) -- The president of Liberia spoke Friday on the sexual assault of an 8-year-old Liberian refugee in Phoenix, Arizona, decrying reports that the parents believe their family has been shamed by the girl.
"This is not a question of shame on the family. It is the question of an assault on a young child. That cannot be tolerated," said President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, speaking by telephone.
Police have charged four boys, ages 9 to 14, in the case. The boys also are Liberian refugees.
"We are so saddened," Sirleaf said. "We are deeply distressed at this behavior on the part of our young Liberians and very saddened at this 8-year-old child who has been so victimized."
Phoenix police say the boys used an offer of chewing gum to lure the girl to a storage shed at an apartment complex on July 16. There, they allege, the four boys restrained and sexually assaulted her.
read more here
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/24/liberia.arizona.juvenile.assault/index.html
Story Highlights
President Sirleaf speaks about Arizona sexual assault of refugee, 8
Four boys, ages 9 to 14, also refugees, are charged in the case
Sirleaf says, "This is not a question of shame on the family"
Liberia's ambassador to U.S. says he will join efforts to help the girl
(CNN) -- The president of Liberia spoke Friday on the sexual assault of an 8-year-old Liberian refugee in Phoenix, Arizona, decrying reports that the parents believe their family has been shamed by the girl.
"This is not a question of shame on the family. It is the question of an assault on a young child. That cannot be tolerated," said President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, speaking by telephone.
Police have charged four boys, ages 9 to 14, in the case. The boys also are Liberian refugees.
"We are so saddened," Sirleaf said. "We are deeply distressed at this behavior on the part of our young Liberians and very saddened at this 8-year-old child who has been so victimized."
Phoenix police say the boys used an offer of chewing gum to lure the girl to a storage shed at an apartment complex on July 16. There, they allege, the four boys restrained and sexually assaulted her.
read more here
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/24/liberia.arizona.juvenile.assault/index.html
Tornado caught on tape in Volusia County Florida
Volusia tornado cleanup begins as residents recall frightening moments
Ludmilla Lelis
Sentinel Staff Writer
PORT ORANGE - PORT ORANGE -- In the mobile-home communities struck Friday night by a quick tornado blast, residents on Saturday were cleaning up the debris, installing tarps on their roofs and counting their blessings.
Officials confirmed that 63 homes sustained major damage or were destroyed by the storm that touched down around 6:15 p.m. in the Laurelwood Estates and Lighthouse Pointe communities. Another 91 homes sustained minor damage, including single-family homes in the Brandy Hills neighborhood.
Yet only one person suffered a minor injury, a woman cut by flying glass who didn't want to be transported to the hospital, said Port Orange Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Tonya Gilardi.
Saturday, officials from the National Weather Service toured the damage to confirm it was a tornado that struck. State emergency-management officials, city building officials and the county property appraiser's office also surveyed the damage. Port Orange Fire-Rescue crews conducted door-to-door searches and helped some residents install blue tarps on their damaged roofs.
read more here
Volusia tornado cleanup begins as residents recall frightening moments
Ludmilla Lelis
Sentinel Staff Writer
PORT ORANGE - PORT ORANGE -- In the mobile-home communities struck Friday night by a quick tornado blast, residents on Saturday were cleaning up the debris, installing tarps on their roofs and counting their blessings.
Officials confirmed that 63 homes sustained major damage or were destroyed by the storm that touched down around 6:15 p.m. in the Laurelwood Estates and Lighthouse Pointe communities. Another 91 homes sustained minor damage, including single-family homes in the Brandy Hills neighborhood.
Yet only one person suffered a minor injury, a woman cut by flying glass who didn't want to be transported to the hospital, said Port Orange Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Tonya Gilardi.
Saturday, officials from the National Weather Service toured the damage to confirm it was a tornado that struck. State emergency-management officials, city building officials and the county property appraiser's office also surveyed the damage. Port Orange Fire-Rescue crews conducted door-to-door searches and helped some residents install blue tarps on their damaged roofs.
read more here
Volusia tornado cleanup begins as residents recall frightening moments
Tornado damages homes, injures 1, in Volusia
Susan Jacobson
Sentinel Staff Writer
12:05 AM EDT, July 25, 2009
PORT ORANGE - A tornado touched down in Port Orange on Friday night, destroying seven mobile homes and damaging dozens more, the National Weather Service in Melbourne said.
Residents reported seeing funnel clouds and at least one tornado on the ground about 6:25 p.m., a weather-service meteorologist said.
Five minutes later, the seven homes were gone, eight more were heavily damaged, 26 were moderately damaged and 122 sustained light damage.
One person received minor injuries from flying glass, the weather service said.
The touchdown was near Madeline Avenue and Nova Road in the Lighthouse Pointe, Laurelwood Estates and Brandy Hills communities.
read more here
Tornado damages homes, injures 1, in Volusia
Al Franken's Service Dog for Vets Bill Passes Senate
Senator Al Franken, new to the Senate, proved two things already. One is that he cares about veterans and the other is that he does work well with others. Sen. Johnny Isakson, co-sponser of this bill is a Republican. If you don't know anything about Al Franken, or the trips he took to visit the troops in Iraq, you need to look him up and see what this man has done for the troops and our veterans.
Franken's Service Dog for Vets Bill Passes Senate
The Senate passed Sen. Al Franken's first piece of legislation, a bill aimed at providing service dogs to more disabled veterans.
The Service Dogs for Veterans Act would create a pilot program within the Veterans Administration. The VA would partner with non-profit groups which train service dogs.
The bill was incorporated into the Defense Authorization bill for fiscal year 2010 and passed as part of the larger bill.
read more here
http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1047693.shtml?cat=206
PTSD on Trial:Remote view of death in Iraq caused PTSD
Ore. man accused of murder not in cited Army unit
07/24/2009
Associated Press
An Oregon man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor last week was part of an Army unit at Fort Carson, Colo., but not the same unit whose members have been linked to a number of slayings.
Jarrod William Pardun, 28, of Creswell, was charged with the murder of 59-year-old Stephen Thurston, who was shot Saturday in the chest.
Pardun served in the 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment at Fort Carson, Colo., Army spokesman Wayne Hall said. The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment has since been transferred to Fort Hood in Texas.
read more here
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D99KL0Q81.html
07/24/2009
Associated Press
An Oregon man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor last week was part of an Army unit at Fort Carson, Colo., but not the same unit whose members have been linked to a number of slayings.
Jarrod William Pardun, 28, of Creswell, was charged with the murder of 59-year-old Stephen Thurston, who was shot Saturday in the chest.
Pardun served in the 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment at Fort Carson, Colo., Army spokesman Wayne Hall said. The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment has since been transferred to Fort Hood in Texas.
read more here
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D99KL0Q81.html
Store clerk stabbed 60 times during robbery dies
Stabbed 60 times in a robbery? What kind of person does this? One of the accused is only 16! The store clerk went to work but was slaughtered because someone wanted to take what was not their's.
2 held in stabbing death of man wounded 60 times
The Associated Press
JELLICO, Tenn. -- Jellico police have arrested a 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy in connection with the stabbing death of a cigarette store employee wounded about 60 times and robbed in Louisville, Ky.
read more here
http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/873315.html
Friday, July 24, 2009
Pregnant woman crashes car into bee farm, ouch!
Bee swarm attacks woman after car crash
By KOMO Staff
KENT, Wash. - A pregnant woman who felt dizzy and crashed her car Friday morning soon found herself in another predicament - her vehicle had landed in the midst of a bee farm.
The impact of the crash destroyed a number of bee hives - unleashing swarms of angry, buzzing bees who attacked the woman and her rescuers, said Kent Deputy Fire Marshal Don Barberie.
Barberie said the 30-year-old Federal Way woman was driving south on the West Valley Highway at about 11 a.m. when she said she felt faint and veered off the road.
read more here
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51603017.html
By KOMO Staff
KENT, Wash. - A pregnant woman who felt dizzy and crashed her car Friday morning soon found herself in another predicament - her vehicle had landed in the midst of a bee farm.
The impact of the crash destroyed a number of bee hives - unleashing swarms of angry, buzzing bees who attacked the woman and her rescuers, said Kent Deputy Fire Marshal Don Barberie.
Barberie said the 30-year-old Federal Way woman was driving south on the West Valley Highway at about 11 a.m. when she said she felt faint and veered off the road.
read more here
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51603017.html
Sailor charged with murder in Camp Pendleton shooting
Sailor charged with murder in Camp Pendleton shooting
The Navy says that although the victim, another sailor, was gay, there was no indication that the slaying was a hate crime.
By Tony Perry
July 24, 2009
Reporting from San Diego -- A 32-year-old sailor has been charged with murder in the shooting of a fellow seaman who was standing guard at Camp Pendleton.
But the Navy said there was no indication that the killing was a hate crime. The victim, Seaman August Provost of Houston, was gay.
Officials said Provost, 29, was standing guard when Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Campos of Lancaster allegedly tried to enter the base to commit violence. He was facing discipline for a drunk-driving arrest in Imperial Beach.
Campos now faces charges that include arson, burglary of a San Diego home, stealing military property, drug possession and attempting to hire a civilian to kill another sailor.
read more here
Sailor charged with murder in Camp Pendleton shooting
The Navy says that although the victim, another sailor, was gay, there was no indication that the slaying was a hate crime.
By Tony Perry
July 24, 2009
Reporting from San Diego -- A 32-year-old sailor has been charged with murder in the shooting of a fellow seaman who was standing guard at Camp Pendleton.
But the Navy said there was no indication that the killing was a hate crime. The victim, Seaman August Provost of Houston, was gay.
Officials said Provost, 29, was standing guard when Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Campos of Lancaster allegedly tried to enter the base to commit violence. He was facing discipline for a drunk-driving arrest in Imperial Beach.
Campos now faces charges that include arson, burglary of a San Diego home, stealing military property, drug possession and attempting to hire a civilian to kill another sailor.
read more here
Sailor charged with murder in Camp Pendleton shooting
Infant found in SUV died of heat exhaustion in Florida
Infant found in SUV died of heat exhaustion
The Associated Press
5:26 PM EDT, July 24, 2009
VERO BEACH - Police say an autopsy of a 5-month old boy found dead after he was left in the back seat of an SUV has revealed that he died of heat exhaustion.
check back for details
Infant found in SUV died of heat exhaustion
The Associated Press
5:26 PM EDT, July 24, 2009
VERO BEACH - Police say an autopsy of a 5-month old boy found dead after he was left in the back seat of an SUV has revealed that he died of heat exhaustion.
check back for details
Infant found in SUV died of heat exhaustion
Colorado vet official insists he was Vietnam POW
Did you know Ronald Crumley in Vietnam? Do you know if he was a POW or not? Is it possible he's telling the truth? Yes. I just posted how a Vietnam vet finally received awards he earned after all these years. It is also possible he was not a POW.
Colo. vets official insists he was Vietnam POW
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jul 24, 2009 17:44:49 EDT
ORDWAY, Colo. — A veterans affairs officer for a Colorado county has falsely claimed he served three years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, a national advocacy organization for former POWs says.
Ronald Crumley’s military records show he served 10 years in the Marine Corps as an aircraft safety equipment mechanic and never was captured in Vietnam, according to the Missouri-based POW Network, which seeks to expose fraudulent POW claims.
The POW Network obtained Crumley’s records through the Freedom of Information Act, network officer Mary Schantag told The Pueblo Chieftain newspaper.
Crumley, an appointed veterans official for rural Crowley County, insists he was captured in Vietnam. He said he is organizing a meeting with his critics at which a former Marine general and a former assistant U.S. attorney general will verify his POW status.
Crumley didn’t identify the two ex-officials.
read more here
Colo. vets official insists he was Vietnam POW
Brothers, new movie about coming back
Brothers
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/brothers/31198/synopsis?flv=1
When a decorated Marine goes missing overseas, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home--with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family.
'Brothers' tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters (Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare). Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who's always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam's farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie (Mare Winningham) and Hank Cahill (Sam Shepard), a retired Marine.
Shipped out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children.
click the link and watch the trailer. Seems like an amazing movie.
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/brothers/31198/synopsis?flv=1
When a decorated Marine goes missing overseas, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home--with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family.
'Brothers' tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters (Bailee Madison, Taylor Grace Geare). Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who's always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam's farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie (Mare Winningham) and Hank Cahill (Sam Shepard), a retired Marine.
Shipped out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children.
click the link and watch the trailer. Seems like an amazing movie.
How dare anyone charge for PTSD support?
I am appalled, sickened, disgusted, you name it because this Chaplain is swearing my head off inside my brain right now!
How dare anyone charge $175 to help veterans!!!! This is not a one on one session with a psychologist but in their own words "It is designed to increase our awareness of issues unique to the returning combat veteran." Shame on them!
There are people all over the country that will do this for FREE or for donations to cover the travel expenses and that's it! If you want to know about PTSD, watch the FREE VIDEOS right here on this blog or read any of the over 6,000 posts or read the book I wrote. It's all for FREE the way it should be. If you have an organization that wants to really help veterans and the community understand PTSD, contact me and I'll come for just the cost of getting there. This is really disgraceful.
How dare anyone charge $175 to help veterans!!!! This is not a one on one session with a psychologist but in their own words "It is designed to increase our awareness of issues unique to the returning combat veteran." Shame on them!
There are people all over the country that will do this for FREE or for donations to cover the travel expenses and that's it! If you want to know about PTSD, watch the FREE VIDEOS right here on this blog or read any of the over 6,000 posts or read the book I wrote. It's all for FREE the way it should be. If you have an organization that wants to really help veterans and the community understand PTSD, contact me and I'll come for just the cost of getting there. This is really disgraceful.
PTSD, the returning veteran, and you
Friday, July 24, 2009
The Hillsboro Argus
George Z. Heuston
Special to The Argus
Folks, the Hillsboro Police Department is sponsoring a two-day conference on July 28-29 called "Post Traumatic Stress and the Returning Veteran." It will be held at the Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center in Hillsboro, with discussions running from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There are still slots open, and you are invited.
This gig is not free, but it's worth the fee ($175), especially if you are an employer. It is designed to increase our awareness of issues unique to the returning combat veteran.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, previously known as combat fatigue, is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to traumatic events that threatened or caused great physical harm.
read more here
PTSD, the returning veteran, and you
Vietnam Vet Senior Chief Engineman Gerald E. Patterson finally gets medals
If you tend to not believe a Vietnam Veteran is due at least respect because of the fake veterans out there, try to give them the benefit of doubt because they very well maybe someone long overdue awards they earned. It breaks my heart to post about people posing as Vietnam veterans, especially Vietnam veterans claiming to have medals they did not earn but stories like this delight me beyond words.
Local Vietnam vet honored for heroism 42 years later
Posted by Kailani Koenig-Muenster at July 23, 2009
Four decades later, he is finally being honored.
On Friday retired Senior Chief Engineman Gerald E. Patterson of Renton will receive two awards for his heroism while fighting in Vietnam 42 years ago. He will be given a Navy Commendation Medal with Valor and a Presidential Unit Citation at the Whidbey Island Navy base."He told me about this situation that he was promised a medal at the end of his tour of Vietnam and it never materialized," said Buchanan, who later told Patty Murray's office about Patterson's story.
read more here
Family learned over Internet that son was killed
Family learned over Internet that son was killed
Story Highlights
Jamal Bana had been missing for months; family learns of his death via Internet
Death is part of wider federal inquiry of terror recruiting by Somali group in U.S.
Imam of Minneapolis mosque says terror recruiters are not at his mosque
Two men charged in U.S. with providing material support to terrorists
From Brian Todd
CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Abayte Ahmed and her husband learned of their son's death in the most heinous fashion. A family acquaintance called and told them to click on an Internet site. There on the screen were photographs of their 20-year-old son -- the boy with the movie-star looks -- shot through the head thousands of miles away in Somalia.
"He must have been somewhat disillusioned and indoctrinated, because he didn't have any clue about Somalia at all," his mother said, fighting back tears and barely able to speak about her eldest son.
Jamal Bana had been missing for months from his Minneapolis home. His family is still grappling with the circumstances surrounding his death in a land they had fled -- an African nation wracked by chaos and violence.
read more here
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/24/somalia.americans/index.html
Story Highlights
Jamal Bana had been missing for months; family learns of his death via Internet
Death is part of wider federal inquiry of terror recruiting by Somali group in U.S.
Imam of Minneapolis mosque says terror recruiters are not at his mosque
Two men charged in U.S. with providing material support to terrorists
From Brian Todd
CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Abayte Ahmed and her husband learned of their son's death in the most heinous fashion. A family acquaintance called and told them to click on an Internet site. There on the screen were photographs of their 20-year-old son -- the boy with the movie-star looks -- shot through the head thousands of miles away in Somalia.
"He must have been somewhat disillusioned and indoctrinated, because he didn't have any clue about Somalia at all," his mother said, fighting back tears and barely able to speak about her eldest son.
Jamal Bana had been missing for months from his Minneapolis home. His family is still grappling with the circumstances surrounding his death in a land they had fled -- an African nation wracked by chaos and violence.
read more here
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/24/somalia.americans/index.html
Tri-care problems need attention
DoD to focus on health care access problems
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jul 24, 2009 10:48:42 EDT
Although defense health care does not fall within the purview of Tommy Thomas, deputy undersecretary of defense for military community and family policy, military families do.
So Thomas is looking into military families’ complaints about access to health care.
He plans to travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., and Fort Campbell, Ky., with representatives from the Tricare Management Activity to hear firsthand about that particular issue, said Arthur Myers, principal director of the military community and family policy office, in testimony Wednesday before the House Armed Services military personnel subcommittee.
read more here
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/military_family_help_072409w/
Myers noted that spouses testified in a Senate hearing earlier this year that they rated their health care as excellent, but access as poor.
“And what we’ve found out [is that] a lot of health professionals will not accept Tricare. So constantly we hear at Fort Campbell, these families have to travel to Nashville, an hour and a half, to get the care,” Myers said.
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jul 24, 2009 10:48:42 EDT
Although defense health care does not fall within the purview of Tommy Thomas, deputy undersecretary of defense for military community and family policy, military families do.
So Thomas is looking into military families’ complaints about access to health care.
He plans to travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., and Fort Campbell, Ky., with representatives from the Tricare Management Activity to hear firsthand about that particular issue, said Arthur Myers, principal director of the military community and family policy office, in testimony Wednesday before the House Armed Services military personnel subcommittee.
read more here
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/military_family_help_072409w/
Myers noted that spouses testified in a Senate hearing earlier this year that they rated their health care as excellent, but access as poor.
“And what we’ve found out [is that] a lot of health professionals will not accept Tricare. So constantly we hear at Fort Campbell, these families have to travel to Nashville, an hour and a half, to get the care,” Myers said.
New PTSD Video Turn the Page
Turn the Page of PTSD - watch more videos
Just finished a new video Turn the Page of PTSD. Vietnam veterans are still learning what came back with them. Flashbacks happen like flipping thru a photo album their mind holds. They can heal if they get help just as the newer veterans need help to heal. One message the Vietnam Vets need to hear is that it's not too late for them to turn the page and come out of the tunnel of darkness.
Good Samaritan saves 3 year old from burning car
Good Samaritan: I was pretty shook up
Thursday, July 23, 2009
By Rob McMillan
EL MONTE, Calif. (KABC) -- A Good Samaritan is being hailed as a life-saving hero after a daring freeway rescue.
John McDonald said he was on his way to work in Venice as he drove past the burning car, flipped on its side on the 10 Freeway.
Three people were able to get out of the car on their own, but a 3-year-old girl was trapped inside. That's when McDonald stopped his car and pulled the girl from the burning vehicle.
"Honestly I don't think about that stuff too much it just sort of happened. I think most people would have done it if they were in my position," said McDonald.
go here for more and video
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6929822
Linked from CNN
Thursday, July 23, 2009
By Rob McMillan
EL MONTE, Calif. (KABC) -- A Good Samaritan is being hailed as a life-saving hero after a daring freeway rescue.
John McDonald said he was on his way to work in Venice as he drove past the burning car, flipped on its side on the 10 Freeway.
Three people were able to get out of the car on their own, but a 3-year-old girl was trapped inside. That's when McDonald stopped his car and pulled the girl from the burning vehicle.
"Honestly I don't think about that stuff too much it just sort of happened. I think most people would have done it if they were in my position," said McDonald.
go here for more and video
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6929822
Linked from CNN
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)