Captain, family reflect on blessings
11/25/2009 - FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (AFNS) -- Susan and Joseph Kosek are thankful for many things. This Thanksgiving they're especially thankful for tourniquets, helicopters, "battle buddies" and scores of doctors and medics across the globe. They're also thankful for the mine resistant ambush protected vehicle that absorbed most of the blast from a 35-pound improvised explosive device meant to kill their daughter. "Wendy called me a few hours after she was brought to the Green Zone and said, 'I want to talk to Dad,'" Mrs. Kosek said. "We didn't' know the extent of the injuries and neither did she."...
Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
Tags: Afns, Blessings, Buddies, Dad, Doctors, Explosive Device, Extent, Fort Sam Houston Texas, Globe, Green Zone, Helicopters, Kosek, Many Things, Medics, Mine Resistant Ambush, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle, Sam Houston Texas, Thanksgiving, Wendy