thedrifter
01-06-09, 06:29 AM
BX. MARINE KILLED IN AFGHAN
By NEIL GRAVES and BRIGITTE WILLIAMS-JAMES
January 6, 2009 --
The family of a Bronx Marine observed New Year's Day in tragic fashion, learning that he had been killed in Afghanistan.
Lance Cpl. Alberto Francesconi, 21, died in Helmand province, where it was already 2009, military officials said.
As his wife Cynthia celebrated New Year's Eve, word came to her from the wife of another Marine that "something" may have happened to Alberto.
"We expected he would call me and let me know he was OK," she said.
But later, "my sister-in-law called me and told me the Marines were over my mother-in-law's house. I was in shock. I didn't want to believe it.
"She called me at midnight on the dot."
Francesconi wanted to be a pilot, his wife said.
"We weren't able to do flight school. So what better way to serve your country than to join the Marines?" she said.
Ellie
By NEIL GRAVES and BRIGITTE WILLIAMS-JAMES
January 6, 2009 --
The family of a Bronx Marine observed New Year's Day in tragic fashion, learning that he had been killed in Afghanistan.
Lance Cpl. Alberto Francesconi, 21, died in Helmand province, where it was already 2009, military officials said.
As his wife Cynthia celebrated New Year's Eve, word came to her from the wife of another Marine that "something" may have happened to Alberto.
"We expected he would call me and let me know he was OK," she said.
But later, "my sister-in-law called me and told me the Marines were over my mother-in-law's house. I was in shock. I didn't want to believe it.
"She called me at midnight on the dot."
Francesconi wanted to be a pilot, his wife said.
"We weren't able to do flight school. So what better way to serve your country than to join the Marines?" she said.
Ellie