Family raising money to fly soldier's body from New York to East Chicago

[okieinpain]

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/ny-bc-ny--soldierkilled0831aug31,0,6103161.story?coll=nyc-regionhome-headlines

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. -- The family of a soldier killed in Iraq last week is hoping to raise money to bring his body from New York to his hometown of East Chicago for a funeral service and burial.

The Army is paying for the transport of Pfc. Luis A. Perez's body to northern New York, where his wife, Molly, lives. A memorial service for the 19-year-old Perez will be held there, and then his family will accompany his body on a flight to Indiana.

Because the military only will pay to transport the body to one location, East Chicago community leaders and local businesses are working with Perez's family to set up a trust fund and organize a fund-raiser.

[strategery blunder]

1. Bu$h* should pay for it out of his own pocket,

since he is the one who started the war (and without provocation, I might add).:grr:

I can dream, can't I?

[AmerDem]

2. What a crock of shit!

After giving his life for this fraud of a war the least that can be done is to have his body flown ANYWHERE the family wants it! :grr:

[Dhalgren]

3. "Support the Troops?"

You bet...

[Obamarama]

4. Let me get this straight....

They will send them over, put them in the line of fire, ask them to risk their lives, and when a solider finally makes the ultimate sacrifice - their life - the military doesn't cover the transport of the remains all the way to the place of burial??

Un-fucking-real.