Comments on: RIP: Omar Mora & Yance Gray

By: mtgoddess77

mtgoddess77 — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:43:56 +0000

I know Yance personally, I grew up with him and he was a great friend, father (whom only got to see his lil girl ONCE ) and was scheduled to come home next month. We are all devastated in our little part of the world. He is going to be buried in Arlington where he deserves to be. This was his third tour in Iraq. We will all miss him greatly and pray he is in a better place now.

By: domajot

domajot — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:26:14 +0000

The Lehrer news broadcast regularly puts up pictures of the recentlly killed. No commentary can match the impact of seeing a photo of an actual individual. It’s like attending a funeral every time they to it.
And yes, it does break one’s heart.

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By: Shaun Mullen

Shaun Mullen — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:00:15 +0000

Elrod:

Heartbreaking indeed.

I added the info about Staff Sergeant Murphy just as you posted your comment.

By: Elrod

Elrod — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:56:53 +0000

Heartbreaking. And one of their other co-writers was brain-damaged shortly before the paper was sent to the Times. It reminds us that these people are real soldiers, even if we’ve never personally met them. Small towns confront this sort of thing every day; except in those cases, residents know these fallen soldiers far better than we know Omar Mora and Yance Gray.