Monday, February 21, 2011

Badly-Wounded Iraq Veteran Being Heckled By Fellow Students

Heckled: Anthony Maschek lost a leg after being shot 11 times during a firefight in Iraq, but he was jeered on stage by fellow students at a town hall meeting

Badly-Wounded Iraq Veteran Is Heckled By Fellow Students In Debate Over Military Ban -- The Daily Mail

He survived being shot 11 times in Iraq, lost a leg and spent two years in hospital recovering from his wounds before winning a place at an Ivy League university.

But the courage of former U.S. army staff sergeant Anthony Maschek did not deter his fellow students from heckling him when he bravely took to the stage in a debate over Columbia University's military ban.

Mr Maschek, 28, was hissed, booed and jeered at when he spoke at a debate over whether the college in New York should allow the Reserve Officers' Training Corps back on campus.

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My Comment: Yes yes yes .... my blood pressure always rises when I read stories like this one.

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