ok i'm crying again

but this time from joy

editor and publisher has an update on 1st lieutenant eddie renbrook (the soldier who had to pay the army back for his body armor after it was removed BECAUSE HE WAS WOUNDED IN AN ATACK IN IRAQ) . how cool is THIS dude donating the money to charity AND to a woman displaced by katrina? wicked cool! way to go eddie.


UPDATE: Story on Wounded Soldier Who Had to Pay for Body Armor Gets Results
By E&P Staff Published: February 08, 2006 2:15 PM ET
NEW YORK A story in the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette yesterday, later featured in an E&P article, stirred up a hornet's nest -- as well as thousands of dollars in donations.West Virginia's two U.S. senators, Jay Rockefeller and Robert Byrd, asked top military leaders Tuesday to explain why 1st Lt. William "Eddie" Rebrook IV apparently had to reimburse the U.S. Army $700 last week for body armor and other gear damaged after he was seriously wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq.The military officials said it sounded like an unusual case, but they would look into it.More than 200 people donated at least $5,700 to Rebrook after reading about his body armor payment to the Army in an article by Eric Eyre. The vast majority of it came after a popular blog, AmericaBlog, called for and collected funds, but others also contributed via the newspaper and a local radio station.Rebrook, 25, who attended West Point and was medically discharged from the Army last week, said he wouldn't keep the donations. He's paying back the people he borrowed money from to take care of the $700 bill, and also passing along the money to charity and a Louisiana woman who lost her home in Hurricane Katrina -- the woman's son helped save his life in Iraq, he said.Later, on Wednesday, the military said Rebrook would be reimbursed.
E&P Staff (letters@editorandpublisher.com)