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Soldier Gives His Purple Heart to Student

Fri May 26, 2006 2:57 PM EDT

Fatima Faisal, a 13-year-old student from Camillus, N.Y., is shown Friday, May 26, 2006, with a Purple Heart pinned to her shirt. Faisal, was presented the Purple Heart by Staff Sgt. Phillip Trackey, at West Genesee Middle School on Thursday, May 25, 2006, as she was being honored as a regional winner in the Veteran's of Foreign Wars' Letters to the Front contest. Trackey, of Glens Falls, N.Y., said he received the medal for the shoulder and head wounds he suffered when a bomb went off near him in Baghdad in January 2005. (AP Photo/The Post-Standard, Debra Groom)

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{"commentId":136808,"authorDomain":"Kizzle"}

PKizz

Wow

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3 votes

#1 - Fri May 26, 2006 4:33 PM EDT

{"commentId":136896,"authorDomain":"rhinecyrus"}

Rhine Cyrus

Yep, that is very cool.

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1 vote

#1.1 - Fri May 26, 2006 5:36 PM EDT

{"commentId":136930,"authorDomain":"rhinecyrus"}

Rhine Cyrus

This is funny - why does it show the girl's picture and not the soldier's?

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#2 - Fri May 26, 2006 6:03 PM EDT

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The Filipino

maybe it's because the article is about her.

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2 votes

#2.1 - Fri May 26, 2006 7:43 PM EDT

{"commentId":136974,"authorDomain":"masmediaspace"}

masmediaspace

I think I could hazard a guess...

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2 votes

#3 - Fri May 26, 2006 7:02 PM EDT

{"commentId":136977,"authorDomain":"rhinecyrus"}

Rhine Cyrus

Ok?

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#3.1 - Fri May 26, 2006 7:10 PM EDT

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Sean Oliver

What an amazing gesture.

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#4 - Fri May 26, 2006 8:42 PM EDT

{"commentId":137048,"authorDomain":"zaki"}

Zaki

A amazing gesture.

Too bad people will exploit this photo-op.

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1 vote

#5 - Fri May 26, 2006 9:17 PM EDT

{"commentId":137084,"authorDomain":"wallyg"}

wallyg

Yes, it's a "newsmaking" gesture but only that. If this soldier ever wants another "copy" of his purple heart medal, he need only ask the government for one. He's entitled to wear the medal forever--whether he has the 'original' one or not.

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#6 - Fri May 26, 2006 10:15 PM EDT

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