Brother of Marine killed in Iraq takes own life (Forks)

[uppityperson]

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/sited/story/html/265085

ORKS -- Jacob Hanson's big brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Jason Hanson, 21, and three other Marines, were killed July 29 in Iraq. A suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into a building near a checkpoint to their base.

Jacob and Jason's parents, Carol and Stephen Hanson, didn't want Jacob to hear about his brother's death through the small-town grapevine. His mother went to tell him. She pulled Jacob outside from his cooking job at the In Place in Forks and, behind the restaurant, quietly told him. Jacob broke down crying -- then punched a trash bin so hard that he broke his hand.

Later, Jacob took to wearing his brother's dog tags. ``He didn't know what to do. He couldn't fix it,'' Carol said Thursday. ``I think he got lost in the sadness.''

Last Sunday, Jacob took his own life.

He was 19 and had just started a job with a logging company, his mother said....(more@link)

[flamingyouth]

1. Geez, what an awful story

:(

[Rainscents]

2. So sad...

:cry: Can imagine their parents are going through? Bad enough one was killed and now, they have to deal with both being gone.

[MikeNearMcChord]

3. DAMN WAR!!!

A thousand hells for all the flag waving chickenhawks and yellow elephants who cheered this war! My prayers for this familiy!

[Pierzin]

4. Damn Wars and Warmongers. It is really tragic.

That is just the most awful thing. I just heard on Randi Rhodes Friday show, (via White Rose), an Iraq vet who had multiple amputations. How many wounded are out there? How many got attention this Saturday. Did the rest of America know it was Veterans Day Saturday? :( :cry: