horrible news....

Diane Benson's son got his legs blown off in Iraq...he did his time and then tried to get out...but becouse of the stop loss policy he was sent back and now he is in critical condition at walter reed...If anyone has her e-mail please send my condolances...that is just the worst news possible...

http://www.ktuu.com/cms/templates/master.asp?articleid=1927&zoneid=1

link to the story...i feel like crying...

"Anchorage, Alaska - She wasn't at a protest held today outside of Elmendorf Air Force Base, but she wasn't cheering President Bush either. Former Alaska gubernatorial candidate Diane Benson had her thoughts on her son, who suffered terrible injuries yesterday in Iraq. Diane Benson cherishes her box of photographs of her son's military service even more so today.


“All I know is I was abruptly woken at 8:20 in the morning Sunday morning, that something bad had happened to my son,” said Benson.



Benson's son, Latseen, a U.S. Army specialist, became the victim of a roadside bomb in Iraq. He lost his legs and still has not regained consciousness. Latseen Benson was on his second tour of duty in Iraq. Benson says after her son’s first tour, Latseen tried to get out of the Army after his four-year commitment ended Oct. 31. But the military's stop loss order kept him in and sent him back to Iraq."

"Latseen Benson now clings to life at a hospital in Germany, facing a long road to recovery that will never make him whole. Benson says her son will be transported to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She says she plans to travel there in the next couple of days to be with him"

I posted it in GD last night

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5361948&mesg_id=5361948

I have been so impressed with Channel 2's coverage of the antiwar message up here. John Tracy/Jason Moore, et al. must be good Democrats.

I'm from Wisconsin originally but lived in Juneau this fall and will be going back there for five months starting in January.

There is a pretty good antiwar community considering the size of Juneau. There was a vigil with about 50 people that happened here about a month ago that got good press and a few people who said, with incredible irony, that the vigil "disregarded the troops."