I read this two days ago. It's heartbreaking and it's stayed with me.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

"It seemed in the past few days that he was just done with it," said his widow, Meaghun, who met Crookston as a West freshman and started dating him in junior year. "He had fought as hard as he could, and he just couldn't go on anymore."

He was undergoing treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for burns over more than half his body. He had lost both legs, his right arm and his left hand, and had other severe wounds.

Crookston, the son of Christopher and Lee Crookston, of Denver, was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kan. He joined the Army soon after he and Meaghun graduated from West in May 2006.

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Crookston returned on leave in May and took Meaghun on a vacation to Florida

He didn't want to sleep at all," Meaghun said. "He told me, 'You can sleep when you're dead.' He was so full of life and had so much energy."

Before returning to Iraq, Crookston told his wife to be strong for him if something happened. And when it did happen, she spent nearly five months at his bedside, along with his mother, in San Antonio.

Injured Sept 4th. Died on 1/25/2008. 20 years old.

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http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/28/denver-gi-dies-of-iraq-wounds/

[babylonsister]

1. That is heartbreaking. So much damage done to so many people, for what?nt

[villager]

2. another Bush "victory...

n/t

[Olney Blue]

3. "Stay the course".... look what it brought.

You miserable War Chimp bastard.

[livvy]

4. I can see why it has stuck with you. So tragic.

He sounded like he was a wonderful young man.
:cry:

[shireen]

5. makes me very very angry

the criminal-in-Chief and his cronies have no regard for human life. War is like a virtual reality game to them.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

6. Kicking and thanks for the recs. I can't believe we're still losing some of our best and brightest

for the greed and avarice of old men.

:mad:

[BlueIris]

7. K&R. All lurking war supporters—have a gander at this article.