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Above all things, Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver was a survivor. As a 22-year-old sergeant, Weaver was part of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia — where 18 U.S. Army soldiers lost their lives.<...>
Later, Weaver earned his wings as an army aviator in Iraq, piloting a Kiowa Warrior helicopter — battling Iraqi guerrillas while also fighting testicular cancer.
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Weaver’s parents say Weaver so wanted to serve in Iraq, he convinced doctors to sign a waiver allowing him to go despite his cancer.
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He was riding in the back of a medical evacuation helicopter Wednesday, on his way to a routine medical checkup, when the chopper crashed.
Weaver and eight other soldiers died.
“He died doing what he was proud doing,” his mother said. “He would want me to say that if he was here.”
Aaron Weaver was supposed to finally come home next month. He leaves behind a wife and 1-year-old daughter.
His brother, a Black Hawk pilot also serving in Iraq, is on his way home now, hoping to say goodbye to a proud soldier who survived so much — and sacrificed everything.
And the original story (with video) here. A few seconds after the first time I entered the page this hero's face was obscured by an ad for Microsoft. In large red letters the words "Write Now" appeared in animation, with an arrow pointing to what appeared to be an ad for Windows XP.
This didn't repeat in subsequent page loads.
I'm sure MSNBC didn't mean to offend. (E-mail link here)
