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LocalMotion - Your Town, Your News, Your Views! September 2010 • Volume 10, Issue 131
Yes, there are HEROES! He is one of them!
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Happy 8th Birthday Paris! Hope you had a great day! Look at that giant cake! Did you eat it all?
USAF Senior Airman Nathan Gopoian A PARENTS SECOND WORSE NIGHTMARE USAF Senior Airman Nathan Gopoian is back stateside, though for the wrong reason. Nathan was raised in Wallingford, before moving to Meriden, attending area schools. Being such an adventurous young man and truly the hands on enthusiast. Nathan chose to embark on one of the most daring careers in the military in 2007. Nathan chose to be one of those EOD technicians, in a bomb suit and disarming explosives and bombs, for a living. I guess you can compare it to a firefighter, while people are running out of a building their running in. Their main purpose is to save the lives of other soldiers & civilians and not give the enemy the opportunity. On August 25th Nathan along three other soldiers hit an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan, injuring all on board their MRAP truck which obviously saved their lives. Nathan along with his fellow soldiers are recuperating in various hospitals stateside and aboard. With the help of the United States Air Force and a few wounded warrior foundations his family has been able to be by his side during his care. The IED or Improvised Explosive Device is the #1 weapon being used in Afghanistan and is causing many injures and death to our soldiers and the innocent civilians there. The public just cannot understand the vast injures our soldiers have sustained till you visit one of these military hospitals and our exposed to so many injured soldiers at one place at one time. Nathan has an older brother serving in the USAF Security Forces and a younger sister who recently completed her combat medic training in the US Army, along with his youngest sister acing her senior year in high school. Well Wishes to Nathan can be sent to: Fort Sam Houston, Texas Fisher House Att: Nathan’s Mom Rm. 417 Building 3623 George C. Beach Road Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234 To further support our wounded warriors here’s a few foundations that have helped Nathan and our family through this trying time Fisher House Foundation, Inc. 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20850-5168 www.fisherhouse.org
and I will give your child my very best!
Wounded EOD Warrior Foundation 725 Jackson Street Suite 216 Fredericksburg, VA 22401 www.woundedeodwarrior.org Special Operations Warrior Foundation P.O. Box 13483 Tampa, FL 33681-3483 www.specialops.org For those parents that continue to endure the worse nightmare, our thoughts and prayers will be with you & your families forever. GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS AND THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - John Meyer Gopoian Publisher Note: For those of you who don’t know the Gopoian family - I wanted to share something with you. They all are committed to our community and do so many things to help. All without seeking recognition or thanks. We need more people just like them. Please send a card to Nathan and wish him well.
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