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February 14, 2007
Love Story
USMC Sgt. Ty Ziegel spent Valentine's Day 2005 at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas. Not quite two months earlier, he was on patrol near Al Qaim and a suicide bomber detonated next to the truck he was in. One arm was gone and he lost three fingers on his other hand. His head was severely burned - both ears were gone and one eye was blinded. But when his tracheotomy tube was removed, his first words were to his girlfriend who had spent the last six weeks at his side. "Renee, will you be my Valentine?"
And she was. Last October, they were married - she wore a beautiful white dress, trimmed in red. He wore his dress blues with his Purple Heart prominent among his combat ribbons and medals. Here's a link to their wedding picture - copyright restrictions prohibit posting it here.
Happy Valentine's Day, Ty and Renee Zieger.
Posted by Deb at February 14, 2007 11:41 AM
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