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| A death in the family |
| 2007-03-07 |
| Staff Sgt. Pedro Jesus Colon, 25, came home to the Bronx last week - in a flag-draped coffin. Another of New York City's sons to fall on the field of battle, another to be be mourned, not only by family and friends and comrades in arms, but by his nation. And by his hometown. When the Army announced his Feb. 19 death, it listed that hometown as Cicero, Ill. But Colon was really a child of the Bronx. One of our own. His mother died when he was 9, and in his late teens he left home. At first he lived with a friend's family in Cicero. But eventually, unbeknownst to his own family back here, he ended up homeless. Until a social worker helped him find emergency housing. It was rough going - food pantries, living out of plastic bags - but Colon didn't complain. He didn't talk much about his living situation to teachers or coaches or even friends. He survived. Did better than survive. He made sure he got his high school diploma, and then he realized his dream of joining the Army. Colon enlisted in August 2001. Then he reenlisted. He was on his second tour of duty in Iraq when he died from wounds suffered when his unit came under attack by enemy forces in Baghdad. After struggling, Pedro Colon had found a purpose in life. May he find peace in the death of a hero. May his family find comfort in knowing that they do not mourn alone. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #7 WALTER REED controversy > some hardcore Radical Netters were obscenely "complaining" that "baby-killers/Muslim-killers" whom work for Dubya. Cheney, etc. and their "War for Oil", "Halliburton", etc are criminals, crim dupes, and assorted fascist Stormtroopers/SS whom have no right to complain about the quality of their hospital care, given their "crimes" against decency and humanity, + support for Dubya-WOT, by virtue of their mil service or NOT stopping Dubya. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-03-07 22:26 |
| #6 Brave men die because they love their fellow humans and wish to defend them more than they love life. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-03-07 20:46 |
| #5 "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life;" - Hamlet, William Shakespeare |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-03-07 11:50 |
| #4 I come to the 'Burg expecting to get fired up and pissed off about Jihadis, then have some good laughs, to balance all that out. As exampled with this post, every onceinawhile one of you assholes makes me cry. Thank you. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-03-07 09:20 |
| #3 God bless this soldier. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2007-03-07 08:27 |
| #2 bigjim, that's like one of the top 5 all-time questions behind "why are we here" & "why does anyone give a rat's ass what Sean Penn thinks." |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 in Iraq 2007-03-07 07:56 |
| #1 Why do brave men die and pansy-ass fuitcakes live to 120 years of age? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-03-07 06:27 |