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My friend shot in Iraq...

18 years ago

I thought I would share this with everyone. I went to college with Pat and he was shot in the head by friendly fire last summer. Patty, his wife, also went to college with me and I played rugby with both of them for 4 years. This is a very nice story in time for Memorial Day. I visited Pat 2 weeks after he was shot when he was in Bethesda Naval Hospital, but haven't seen him since he was moved to a rehab center in California.

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=71848

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bearcat_va
Original Author
18 years ago
Here's the clickable link (why won't it let me post a link in the original post?) Also, watch the video that is with the article. Pretty amazing guy.

Side note: Teresa_VA--do you know Pat? I know he want to your high school and you probably know him (small world)!

Here is a link that might be useful: Pat's story
grammahony
18 years ago
Wow that is amazing. I'm glad these guys are getting some decent medical treatment when they come back. He's fighting a great battle.
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Vique_Pa
18 years ago
I have a daughter-in-law whose maiden name was Horan. I'll have to ask Angie if she knows this young man.
teresava
18 years ago
Joanna-Sorry-I just now saw this post.

Yes, I know Pat and Patty. Pat and my friend dated throughout high school. Then funny enough, we met Patty before she dated Pat. We lived across the street from the VA Tech rugby guys(WSHS alum also-Jon F, Adam Kaufman), so the Radford guys were there too (Tarrin, Afie etc) I even went to their wedding.

I remember when you posted your original thread saying your friend had been shot. I thought to myself how sad that was and then maybe a day or two later, I got the news about Pat and I realized we were talking about the same guy!

The story is so true that Pat was not a student at all-he was so goofy and loved to party, and so did Patty really. They have both grown up so much it's amazing! My friends said that Patty has just been a godsend for Pat and he is doing really well to only be a year post-op, for how severe his injuries are.

I actually have a question for you-Did you used to teach at Mount Vernon HS? (I can't remember if it was there or West Potomac?) Did you know anyone in the Gulino family? They had 10 kids about our age. YES 10!! I'm thinking Kasey (or Casey) might be the one the right age to have been in school while you were teaching there?
pattico_gw
18 years ago
bearcat...I don't know if this is what you are asking...but if you want the link in the orginal post...
you type what you want in the orginal spot...then click on preview...scroll down to submit...but pass it up and keep scrolling down until you get to the next preview and add the address of link in the spot for optional link then hit submit.

Great story....I'm happy for him..

is there a place to see the video's?

patti
Linda Wayman
18 years ago
Great story. Our military men and women deserve the best there is. They have made many sacrifices.

Linda
wendylynders
18 years ago
Man~ That is amazing. Great story. Blessings to all.
vicki_lv_nv
18 years ago
Great story is right. It is amazing that someone can survive something like that. My thoughts will be with the family.
lynne_melb
18 years ago
I'm so glad that he is progressing so well. How courageous he and Patty are.
ruthieg__tx
18 years ago
Wonderful story.

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