Baby Fatima

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August 18, 2007 - 21:11 ET

A friend emailed me a pic the other day, courtesy of David W Gilmore Jnr, and it should be front page news everywhere.

It's Air Force Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt of the 332nd Expeditionary Unit at Balad Iraq, asleep in a hospital chair, with a little girl, Fatima, of 2 or 3 years old, asleep on his chest. Her entire family was killed, and she was shot in the head and left to die.

She has been treated and is recovering, but cries and moans most of the time and nurses say that Sgt. John Gebhardt is the only one who can calm her down. He'd spent "the last several nights" with her in the hospital, so she could sleep.

It's a beautiful picture. He's big, tough and tired. She's tiny, and has scars in her head, but they are both asleep.

Have you seen it?

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August 20, 2007 - 22:52 ET by Mean Gene Dr. Love

I saw it for the first time months ago. It's a great story. Here's a follow-up to the story: http://www.af.mil/ne...


"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! There's still plenty of meat on that bone. Now you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato, baby you've got a stew goin'!" -- Carl Weathers