Tuesday, June 13, 2006

A lesson for the learning

Remember Jessica Lynch? She's sure people do and that they recognize her - they just don't say so. And that's apparently how she prefers it. She wants to be just another student on campus. This is a far cry from the spotlight of publicity Jessica was thrown into following her rescue three years ago from Saddam Hospital. Nine days before Lynch's 507th Army Maintenance Company convoy was in Nasiriyah when it took a wrong turn and was attacked. Eleven American soldiers were killed and six were captured, including Lynch. Her dramatic nighttime rescue in the early days of the Iraq war made her an instant celebrity. She's now a student at the West Virginia University, where she's hopeful of being just another anonymous college student on a campus of thousands. She's studying Journalism (originally she'd planned to teach Kindergarten) but may end up in broadcasting: "I'd really like to start a kids TV program here in West Virginia. Something for kids who are in the hospital or have cancer."

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