Osotogary
12-19-04, 01:26 PM
...who set fire.
This was in today's Sunday Miami Herald (Broward Edition). The column was written by Darren Simon (dsimon@herald.com)
A father who reacted violently to news of his Marine sonn's death in August and set three Marines' van in fire apologizes to them, ssaying he meant no harm.
Briefly:
The father of a Marine killed in Iraq- who was so distraught that he destroyed the van belonging to three Marines who brought him the bad news last August - apologized Saturday to the servicemen who came to his Hollywood home that day.
And the Marines forgave him.
During a private meeting at a Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center in Hialeah, Carlos Arrendondo and his wife, Melinda met with the three Marines. After the meeting , when they all stepped outside, he saluted and embraced them.
Arrendondo said that Saturday's apology was important for him and the Marines.
"We all got affected by this, he said. I wanted to apologize to all the Marines who got insulted by this. I wanted to apologize to the rest of the country"
Note: Arrendondo sustained second-degree burns to over 20 percent of his body.
There has also been set up a Lance Corporal Alexander S. Arrendondo Scholarship set up by the South Florida fundraising arm of Marine Corps.
This was in today's Sunday Miami Herald (Broward Edition). The column was written by Darren Simon (dsimon@herald.com)
A father who reacted violently to news of his Marine sonn's death in August and set three Marines' van in fire apologizes to them, ssaying he meant no harm.
Briefly:
The father of a Marine killed in Iraq- who was so distraught that he destroyed the van belonging to three Marines who brought him the bad news last August - apologized Saturday to the servicemen who came to his Hollywood home that day.
And the Marines forgave him.
During a private meeting at a Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center in Hialeah, Carlos Arrendondo and his wife, Melinda met with the three Marines. After the meeting , when they all stepped outside, he saluted and embraced them.
Arrendondo said that Saturday's apology was important for him and the Marines.
"We all got affected by this, he said. I wanted to apologize to all the Marines who got insulted by this. I wanted to apologize to the rest of the country"
Note: Arrendondo sustained second-degree burns to over 20 percent of his body.
There has also been set up a Lance Corporal Alexander S. Arrendondo Scholarship set up by the South Florida fundraising arm of Marine Corps.