Harold Mowl addresses mourners at the funeral service for his son at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y. (By Will Yurman, Rochester(N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle)From USA Today:
Harold and Mary Mowl were shocked by what they saw when they first visited their son, Kevin, in the intensive care unit at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
A 150-pound bomb had exploded under Kevin's vehicle in Baghdad on Aug. 2, 2007. The blast broke his left arm and leg, his back, ankles and feet. His face was swollen; his eye sockets, nose and jaw were shattered. Doctors later removed some of his skull to allow his brain to swell.
DATABASE:A personal statistical view of the Iraq war
"We didn't know where to touch him," Harold Mowl said.
Clearly, the 21-year-old son he had brought up in Upstate New York had been largely erased by the roadside blast that killed three other soldiers and wounded 11, the father said. The massive brain damage had taken so much away.
A 150-pound bomb had exploded under Kevin's vehicle in Baghdad on Aug. 2, 2007. The blast broke his left arm and leg, his back, ankles and feet. His face was swollen; his eye sockets, nose and jaw were shattered. Doctors later removed some of his skull to allow his brain to swell.
DATABASE:A personal statistical view of the Iraq war
"We didn't know where to touch him," Harold Mowl said.
Clearly, the 21-year-old son he had brought up in Upstate New York had been largely erased by the roadside blast that killed three other soldiers and wounded 11, the father said. The massive brain damage had taken so much away.
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My Comment: I lived this type of life with my dad for 7 and a half years. A severe stroke victim who would have died if it was not for the immediate medical care that he received .... he was institutionalized because of the damage that was done to his brain .... resulting in a suspension of my family's life and living with hope that he would recover. But he never did.
DATABASE:A personal statistical view of the Iraq war
"We didn't know where to touch him," Harold Mowl said.
Clearly, the 21-year-old son he had brought up in Upstate New York had been largely erased by the roadside blast that killed three other soldiers and wounded 11, the father said. The massive brain damage had taken so much away.
Read more ....
My Comment: I lived this type of life with my dad for 7 and a half years. A severe stroke victim who would have died if it was not for the immediate medical care that he received .... he was institutionalized because of the damage that was done to his brain .... resulting in a suspension of my family's life and living with hope that he would recover. But he never did.