Theft (of fallen soldier's belongings) sparks fury in military town

[Liberal_in_LA]

Theft sparks fury in military town
A fallen airman's belongings -- dog tags, photos, a watch -- were stolen after his family arrived in Colorado Springs for a memorial service.

It was a crime that ordinarily would attract no attention at all in a city of 400,000: the smashing of a window, the theft of a bag from a rental car parked outside a buffet restaurant in Colorado Springs, Colo.

But the bag belonged to a young widow, and it contained the belongings of her husband, an airman who died last month in Afghanistan -- including a laptop bearing photos of him with his infant daughter, born weeks before his death; a watch his parents gave him for Christmas; and most significant to his mother, the dog tags he was wearing when he was killed.

"They were the last things he touched," said Paula Smith of Troy, Ill., weeping softly into the phone. Her son, Senior Airman Bradley Smith, was 24.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-hometown-colorado-springs-2010feb23,0,2390443.story

[Oceansaway]

1. asshole thief, grrrrr....n/t

[rasputin1952]

2. I can only agree with you...

how despicable...:(

[rcrush]

3. Crackhead?

[druidity33]

4. didn't they recently

cut back on the Police and Fire Dept budgets? Social services to nil, etc?

Is this the same town that "can't cut their grass"?

Sad story otherwise... hope she gets the stuff back.

:(