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May 30, 2005
A Day of Remembrance
Today's local paper has a nice article about a friend of mine, Major Paul Suskie. (registration req'd)
The soldier says his choice to take an earlier Chinook helicopter flight out of a remote part of Afghanistan instead of one on April 6 — one that crashed and left 18 dead — will haunt him for the rest of his life.
The North Little Rock city attorney, who is a judge advocate, or JAG, officer with the Arkansas Army National Guard, says the experience of losing two friends in the crash has made him appreciate Memorial Day more as he prepares to leave Afghanistan and return to Arkansas.
We went through undergrad together and the first year of law school, after which he transferred to the law school in Little Rock. Paul's a good kid, and I'm glad to hear he's doing well.
BTW, he was unofficially nominated by our law school class as our 'Most Likely To Become Governor'. We teased him unmercifully about that.
Wouldn't surprise me a bit if it came true.
Posted by Rita at May 30, 2005 06:40 AM