Slain Soldier's Mother Robbed

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Slain Soldier's Mother Robbed
December 05, 2008
Daily Breeze|by Denise Nix

After her son died fighting for his country, Linda Ferrara wanted to do something for soldiers like him who sacrifice their safety for others.

So in the year since U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Ferrara was killed in Afghanistan, his mother has dedicated hours collecting clothes and crafting handmade blankets for wounded soldiers overseas.

The Torrance resident had planned to ship the goods today to a U.S. Army hospital in Germany. Instead, she's despondent over the weekend theft of hundreds of socks, sweat shirts, pajama pants, boxers, blankets and other items.

"I don't want to let them down," Ferrara said. "This wasn't just stuff, this was going to wounded soldiers."

The items were being stored in the Ferrara family's RV, which was parked outside their Bay Cities Italian Bakery on a dead-end street among industrial buildings near California State University, Dominguez Hills.


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