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04-21-07, 08:40 AM
Injured Marine to recover in time
A long rehabilitation is expected for Fort Wayne man, hurt twice in Iraq.
By Rob Joesbury
rjoesbury@news-sentinel.com
A 19-year-old Marine from Fort Wayne seriously injured in Iraq is expected to make a full recovery, his mother said Friday night.
“The doctors said it will be a slow recovery, though,” Cheryl Huber said.
Lance Cpl. Gary Huber, a 2006 Homestead High School graduate, remains hospitalized in Germany after the Humvee he and four other Marines were riding in ran into an Improvised Explosive Device in the Fallujah/Baghdad area Monday.
Cheryl Huber said her son had two broken legs, shattered vertebrae, a broken ankle and second-degree burns on his arms.
Two other Marines in the Humvee were killed in the explosion, she said. Three survived.
“We feel bad for all the people involved in the accident,” Huber said.
Her son, who is named for his father, became interested in the Marines and military after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, said his 22-year-old sister, Kelly. A government class at Homestead further stoked his interest.
“That’s when he decided it was for him,” she said. He graduated from Homestead in January 2006, forgoing a graduation ceremony in order to enlist.
Cheryl Huber said her son was injured about 8 a.m. Monday. By 9:15 a.m., she was on the phone with him. Since then, the family has had contact with him daily.
“He’s thankful to be alive,” she said. She indicated he wished to return to duty.They expect him to be able to board a flight to the United States on Sunday.
After that, his mother expected him to undergo surgeries on his legs.
Kelly Huber said before her brother joined the Marines, he was an avid hunter and liked to fish.
“He got a brand-new blue truck about a year before he left,” she said. “He loved it to death. He really liked going dirt-bike riding, too.”
Ron Brown, a friend of Gary’s and a fellow 2006 Homestead graduate, just arrived in Iraq, she said, and was hoping to contact him.
Monday’s accident wasn’t the first time her brother had been injured in Iraq, she said.
On Feb. 16, exactly two months before, he suffered a minor concussion from a car bomb.
Ellie
A long rehabilitation is expected for Fort Wayne man, hurt twice in Iraq.
By Rob Joesbury
rjoesbury@news-sentinel.com
A 19-year-old Marine from Fort Wayne seriously injured in Iraq is expected to make a full recovery, his mother said Friday night.
“The doctors said it will be a slow recovery, though,” Cheryl Huber said.
Lance Cpl. Gary Huber, a 2006 Homestead High School graduate, remains hospitalized in Germany after the Humvee he and four other Marines were riding in ran into an Improvised Explosive Device in the Fallujah/Baghdad area Monday.
Cheryl Huber said her son had two broken legs, shattered vertebrae, a broken ankle and second-degree burns on his arms.
Two other Marines in the Humvee were killed in the explosion, she said. Three survived.
“We feel bad for all the people involved in the accident,” Huber said.
Her son, who is named for his father, became interested in the Marines and military after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, said his 22-year-old sister, Kelly. A government class at Homestead further stoked his interest.
“That’s when he decided it was for him,” she said. He graduated from Homestead in January 2006, forgoing a graduation ceremony in order to enlist.
Cheryl Huber said her son was injured about 8 a.m. Monday. By 9:15 a.m., she was on the phone with him. Since then, the family has had contact with him daily.
“He’s thankful to be alive,” she said. She indicated he wished to return to duty.They expect him to be able to board a flight to the United States on Sunday.
After that, his mother expected him to undergo surgeries on his legs.
Kelly Huber said before her brother joined the Marines, he was an avid hunter and liked to fish.
“He got a brand-new blue truck about a year before he left,” she said. “He loved it to death. He really liked going dirt-bike riding, too.”
Ron Brown, a friend of Gary’s and a fellow 2006 Homestead graduate, just arrived in Iraq, she said, and was hoping to contact him.
Monday’s accident wasn’t the first time her brother had been injured in Iraq, she said.
On Feb. 16, exactly two months before, he suffered a minor concussion from a car bomb.
Ellie