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Well, they're "sorta, kinda" indexing me anyway. It's on a 24 hour tape delay or something. So I never get picked up by Memeorandum because they pull from Technorati and Technorati has stuff I posted yesterday listed as my latest blog entry. And that's old news to Memeorandum.
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Monday, 04 May 2009
Gen. David Petraeus salutes an "unsung hero" for New Jersey
In 2005 our state legislature established the New Jersey Hall of Fame to honor Garden State residents who have made outstanding contributions to our state, our nation, or our world. Most of the honorees are well known men and women. The 2009 induction ceremony was held Saturday night at NJPAC in Newark. Jon Bon Jovi, Shaquille O'Neal, and comedian Jerry Lewis were among the 14 luminaries honored. But the culmination of the evening came when surprise guest General David Petraeus presented the first "unsung hero" award:
"He is a member of America's next great generation," Petraeus said as he introduced Army 1st Lt. Brian Brennan, who was seriously injured while leading a patrol in Afghanistan last May.
Petraeus said he first met Brennan, now 25, at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The soldier was in a coma, having suffered an acute brain injury, a collapsed lung, internal bleeding, a ruptured spleen, multiple compound fractures of his left arm and the amputation of both legs.
Tonight -- after nearly a year of surgeries and grueling therapy -- Brennan walked onto the stage on prosthetic legs.
"I accept this award for all the good, hard-working Americans who do not receive honors," Brennan said. "I did only what a patriotic American would do."
God bless you Lt. Brennan. You are an inspiration to us all. You quietly
and honorably "walk the walk"; you recognized the call of duty and you met
the challenge. I know there are many more just like you, and to them I
also say "thank you". Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service
and your sacrifice. New Jersey and the nation owe you, and your fellow
soldiers, a debt of gratitude and I pray that we can live up to your example.
Posted at 09:58 by Chris Wysocki
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