"I feel bad for leaving everybody behind," he said, suddenly fighting back tears. "We lost two more Saturday."
A gutter installer in civilian life, Brosnan was in the last Humvee in an Army convoy heading toward an Iraqi police station in the Sadr City section of Baghdad when the lead vehicle was struck by the bomb. Brosnan ran forward, called for medical attention and helped the wounded as an infantry unit from the Oregon National Guard arrived to assist.
That's when the second blast struck, killing the lieutenant and blowing Brosnan face first to the ground. He lay bleeding profusely from multiple shrapnel wounds.
Aside from feeling guilty that he has abandoned his comrades to a nasty mission, Brosnan didn't exhibit any desire to return to Iraq.
Asked whether he planned to vote for President Bush in November, he sarcastically replied, "Yeah, right." http://makeashorterlink.com/?D27F13098