Did you all just see that ABC special about the soldier at Walter Reed who hung himself

[greenbriar]

and the army didn't even bother to check his room and they found him 3 days later?



http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/WoodruffReports/story?id=3067983&page=1

April 23, 2007 — On July 4, 2003, Carol and Richard Coons had planned to welcome home their son Master Sgt. James Coons, a career soldier who had seen action in Iraq in 2003 and during the first Gulf War. Instead, they found out James was dead.

He had committed suicide in his room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and was found hanging from a bed sheet just inside his room in an outpatient hotel. Walter Reed staff did not find him until at least two days after his death, and only then at the insistence of his family, who were desperate to locate their son

[MichiganVote]

1. What can anyone expect anymore?

[Monkeyman]

2. Ward 54 its been out its sad

[Lex]

3. Yes.

His parents were calling and asking them to check on him in his room and they wouldn't.

:cry:

[merh]

4. I hate the bastards that are responsible for all this horror

God rest that soldier's soul and may those who ignored him redeem themselves by never ignoring another soldier's needs.

:cry:

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. OMG! nt.

[enid602]

6. media

I wonder if the media will be able to ignore this story just as they did Gonzalez's miserable job in front of the Senate last week.

[greenbriar]

8. what fake outrage story will happen now?

something will come up

[MADem]

14. Naaah, they'll just file this under "old news." Happened four years ago, after all!

The baaaaastids.

[partylessinOhio]

7. Modern day snake pit.

Where is the outrage?
Where are the "Support Our Troops?"

[TahitiNut]

9. I guess all those "Support The Troops" magnets didn't help much.

:grr: :grr:



:cry:

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Indeed! nt

[huskerlaw]

10. K&R

Just...speechless.

[MADem]

12. I tried desperately to post how outraged I was, but the internets conspired against me.

All of a sudden, everything slowed to a fucking crawl.

The guy was SUICIDAL.

He missed three appointments.

No one checked on him.

The CHAPLAIN blew the family off.

There is NO excuse.

This happened during the "CAKEWALK DAYS" not during the present "overtaxed military" era.

This is simple dereliction on the part of staff.

It makes one ashamed to be affiliated with the Services, frankly.

[Robbien]

20. Hey that is true

This happened even before all the talk about outsourcing.

What a mess.

[Virginia Dare]

13. Yes, I caught the end of it, outrageous..

the Army should really be ashamed, but not much shames them anymore.

[greenbriar]

15. my heart bleeds

sad

[me b zola]

16. .

..

[greenbriar]

17. one more rec to make greatest page for more exposure

its time we did SOMETHING

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. kick!

[anakie]

19. that's appalling

supporting the troops!!!! (sarcasm)

[greenbriar]

21. takes nothing to put a magnet on a car

right???

[NewYorkerfromMass]

22. It's like Kafka

except Kafka is fiction.

[symbolman]

23. Who wants to bet that

Halliburton charged the guy for ruining the SHEET?