Yesterday I was on Facebook and noticed the status of a girl I went to high school with: “Remember freedom isn't free...RIP Ben I love you and you will truly be missed... Thank u for fighting for our country.”
I researched a little deeper and discovered that this girl's friend, PFC Benjamin Moore, was a combat engineer from Hamilton, NJ, Shane’s same job and hometown. Moore was killed by an IED in Afghanistan early Wednesday.
Needless to say, the story has shaken me up a bit and has given me a whole lot of perspective on this past year. It truly hit me after Maldonado was killed back in August that anyone can die in combat. Death in wartime is a complete roll of the dice; it can strike anywhere, anytime. It’s a matter of being in the wrong place at a given moment.
My thoughts are with Moore’s family, and all of the other families who have had to endure the pain of their soldier giving the ultimate sacrifice. I will never understand their pain, and I will never take my not needing to for granted.
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/01/bomb_claims_local_soldier_in_a.html
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