R.I.P
One of the guys that worked for me. The first person I know to fall victim, and he was young;
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200909220108/NEWS01/909220325
A 28-year-old Melbourne man suffering from swine flu died Saturday, the second death in the county from H1N1 influenza, the Brevard County Health Department said Monday.
Jarod Scott, who was at Wuesthoff Medical Center in Melbourne for the last three weeks, died Saturday. He leaves behind a wife and three children.
"His death was reported to us this morning (Monday)," said Heidar Heshmati, director of the county's health department.
Heshmati advised residents to wash their hands regularly and see a doctor immediately if they detect flu-like symptoms.
"In a few weeks, we should be able to get the shots for swine flu," Heshmati said.
The new swine flu vaccine is expected to be available in the United States by mid-October, according to reports.
In August, Tiphani Corley, 19, of Rockledge became Brevard's first casualty from the H1N1 influenza.
At least 87 deaths from swine flu had been reported statewide by Sept. 15, according to the Department of Health.
Scott, a Melbourne resident who worked on billboard signs, also came down with pneumonia.
"He got sick and then had a very hard time breathing. The test for swine flu came back positive after 10 days," said Elizabeth Scott, Jarod Scott's wife.
"He was an awesome guy, loved work and karaoke," she said. "He was the life of the party."
A memorial service for Jarod Scott will be 4 p.m. Wednesday at Wickham Park in Melbourne.
Contact Basu at 242-3724 or kbasu@floridatoday.com.
Mr. Jarod Alan Scott, resident of Melbourne, FL, succumbed to an H1N1 virus infection with further complications on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Wuesthoff Hospital in Mel bourne
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200909220108/NEWS01/909220325
A 28-year-old Melbourne man suffering from swine flu died Saturday, the second death in the county from H1N1 influenza, the Brevard County Health Department said Monday.
Jarod Scott, who was at Wuesthoff Medical Center in Melbourne for the last three weeks, died Saturday. He leaves behind a wife and three children.
"His death was reported to us this morning (Monday)," said Heidar Heshmati, director of the county's health department.
Heshmati advised residents to wash their hands regularly and see a doctor immediately if they detect flu-like symptoms.
"In a few weeks, we should be able to get the shots for swine flu," Heshmati said.
The new swine flu vaccine is expected to be available in the United States by mid-October, according to reports.
In August, Tiphani Corley, 19, of Rockledge became Brevard's first casualty from the H1N1 influenza.
At least 87 deaths from swine flu had been reported statewide by Sept. 15, according to the Department of Health.
Scott, a Melbourne resident who worked on billboard signs, also came down with pneumonia.
"He got sick and then had a very hard time breathing. The test for swine flu came back positive after 10 days," said Elizabeth Scott, Jarod Scott's wife.
"He was an awesome guy, loved work and karaoke," she said. "He was the life of the party."
A memorial service for Jarod Scott will be 4 p.m. Wednesday at Wickham Park in Melbourne.
Contact Basu at 242-3724 or kbasu@floridatoday.com.
Mr. Jarod Alan Scott, resident of Melbourne, FL, succumbed to an H1N1 virus infection with further complications on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Wuesthoff Hospital in Mel bourne
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You're a 19 year old kid.
You're critically wounded and dying in
The jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .
It's November 11, 1967.
LZ (landing zone) X-ray.
Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.
Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.
You look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.
Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.
Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.
And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!!
Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.
He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho
May God Bless and Rest His Soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen and the bickering of congress over Health Reform.
Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman
Shame on the American media !!!
Now... YOU pass this along to YOUR
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You gotta go way back before 2000 for that. People complain about how bad it has gotten since Bush got in, but most of those same people have been around for quite a few decades and there were lots of rights lost long before Bush ever showed up. What did those same people do about it then? Complain. How about 1968? Or how about 1934? How about the law that caused the Shootout at the OK Corral? The control law in question was a Tombstone, AZ town ordinance that required all persons entering the town to deposit their firearms with the Town Marshall or his deputy for safe keeping while they were in town. So...how far back do you really want to go? 0
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