Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties following the barracks bombing in Beirut, Oct 23, 1983. SSgt Randy Gaddo, USMC / U.S. Marine CorpsFrom McClatchy News:
WASHINGTON -- For a quarter-century, Lt. Col. Howard Gerlach thought the explosion had blown him out the window of his second floor office. Then last year, at a reunion to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 23, 1983, bombing of the Marine headquarters at the Beirut airport, he met his rescuer.
Gerlach had been found trapped between the pancaked second and third floors. He remembers nothing about the immediate aftermath of the blast, which broke his neck and left him partially paralyzed. "You sure look a lot better now than the last time I saw you," his colleague told him.
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My Comment: It is hard to believe that it has been 26 years since this terror incident occurred. I know that justice will come one day for the families who lost their love ones in this bombing .... unfortunately .... it will not be today.