On CNN - the story of the Marine's father who lit himself on fire.

[alcuno]

yesterday in Florida. I was only half paying attention when it was on CNN, but I didn't find it on their website or on yahoo. But then, I'm bad at searching.

The story said that a man lit himself on fire WHILE the Marines who came to tell him were still at his house.

Does anyone know where this happened in Florida?

[maveric]

1. What were the Marines there to tell him?

Was his son killed?

[tandot]

4. Yes, his 20 year old son was killed in Iraq.

:cry:

[tandot]

2. He tried to set the Marines' van on fire and lit himself on fire doing it

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/9494864.htm?1c

Hollywood man burns Marine van after being told son died in Iraq

Associated Press


HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - A man was severely burned Wednesday when he set fire to a Marine Corps van after he was told that his Marine son had been killed in Iraq, police said.

Marines went to the house in Hollywood Wednesday afternoon to tell the parents of 20-year-old Pfc. Alexander Arredondo that their son died Tuesday in Najaf, Iraq, according to local television reports.
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I am so sorry for all those families who have lost a loved one in this war. This is horrible and so utterly depressing.

[qanda]

5. Oh my, that is terrible!

Sounds like he was trying to kill himself. I don't know what to say... :cry:

[alcuno]

10. Thank you, tandot.

I was wondering in what part of Florida this had happened. Absolutely horrifying.

[gumby]

3. HORRIFYING

I looked and saw that guy twitching on the stretcher, read the words that he set himself on fire and that his son was killed in Iraq.

THAT DID IT!

I fixed myself a drink, started some serious sobbing and looked in here.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY???????

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. bush* and the rest of his partners in crime ARE

"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY!"

[gumby]

8. seeing that poor dad

really pushed my emotions of sadness for him, his son and this country. All very, very sad.

[MissMarple]

18. Hugs, sweetheart.

:hug: I have no words.

[AnnInLa]

7. Tears here in Louisiana too

My God, the waste of it all...and for what? fuckin nothin

[DrWeird]

9. That guy is so unamerican.

He should be ashamed for disrespecting our troops.

[DemoTex]

11. NBC just showed it. I hope Bu$h and Rumsfeld were watching.

I hope that they are plagued with nightmares like Robert McNamara was when Norman Morrison set himself on fire on the Pentagon steps in plain view of McNamara in early November 1965.

[Sugarbleus]

19. Good Idea... Lock the two bass tards in a room and

run a continuous reel of that piece of film. :grr:

I'm missing a lot of news for some reason. This is utterly heartbreaking.....

My daughter was in Persian Gulf I. I don't think she realized what she was getting into. She made it out fine. However, I FREAKED out everyday that she was in theater--couldn't eat or sleep or do one damn thing. I sooooooooo FEEL for this man and his family.

Rest in Peace good citizen soldier....... :cry:

[The Stranger]

12. Go ahead and flame me now.

But I honor this man's rage. I lift up his anger and emotion. I hear his desperate cries.

Let others hear him too.

[DrWeird]

13. Oh, me too.

Civil disobedience. More people should do it.

[DemoTex]

16. Poor choice of words, TheStranger. Flame?

I honor his rage too. I honor the anti-war rage of Norman Morrison (see my earlier post in this thread) who died in flames on the Pentagon steps in 11/65.

I know you didn't mean the old web shorthand in a malicious way. Sorry to be so sensitive to the words tonight.

Mac

[Nordic]

17. I honor his rage, too.

As a father, this story just tears me up.

Bush is a monster.

[0rion]

14. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x776708

[greekspeak]

15. Welcome to the Shrub Years

I have seen funhouse mirrors that were less warping of reality.