May peace be inside all of us,
Cindy
Story aired: Wednesday, January 03, 2007  Carlos Arredondo was working as a handyman in Florida in 2004 when the Marines arrived one day in August to deliver the bad news that his son, Marine Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo, had been killed in action in Najaf, Iraq. What happened next became one of the iconic images of the war. Carlos smashed the window of the Marine van, got inside and doused it with gasoline and then set himself on fire. Fortunately, the Marines rescued him. Since his son's death -- and while recovering from second degree burns over a quarter of his body -- Arredondo has devoted his time to an almost obsessive mission to keeping his son's memory alive. He drives a pick up with a coffin in the back and a "my son was killed in action" sign." Arredondo also help other families as a member of the Gold Star Family Project. He's also been a critic of the war. As he says, Muqtada al-Sadr militia killed his son in Najaf. Now Sadr is helping to run the country. |
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