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CHIEF'S ACTION IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE AUTHORITY OF ***
POSITION AND DID NOT VITAL
GENERAL MOTORS.
A MARINE KILLED A WEEK AGO
WAS AWARDED ONE OF THE HIGHEST
MILITARY ORS.
AS 24-HOUR NEWS EIGHT'S ADRIENNE
BROADDUS TELLS US NOW, HIS
MOTHER ACCEPTED ON HIS BEHALF.
HIS MOM ACCEPTED THE AWARD
AND SO MANY OTHERS OF HIS FAMILY
WERE THERE BY HER SIDE.
HUNDREDS ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.
THOSE WHO LOVED HIM ARE
GRIEVING, YET VERY PROUD.
AS THE THUNDER ROLLED, THE SKIES
CRIED AND SO DID FRIENDS AND
FAMILY WHO KNEW SERGEANT BRADLEY
ATWELL OJO.
BRAD WAS CERTAINLY SELFLESS
AND SACRIFICED AND I'M SURE THAT
OUR COMMUNITY WILL COME OUT AND
IF IT MEANS GETTING A LITTLE BIT
WET TO BE HERE, I DON'T THINK
THEY'LL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THAT.
THE AMERICAN FLAG FLYING
BETWEEN TWO FIRE TRUCKS AT
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE
GRADUATE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
LAST WEEK.
FRIDAY NIGHT'S HOMECOMING GAME
DEDICATED TO HIM, HIS MOTHER
ACCEPTED A PURPLE HEART ON HER
SON'S BEHALF.
THE AWARD WAS GIVEN TO THOSE
WOUNDED OR KILLED IN BATTLE.
HIS FATHER KNEW THE MOMENT HE
HEARD ABOUT THE ATTACK ON THE
NEWS.
YOU JUST HAVE A SENSE ABOUT
IT THAT SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
NORMALLY, OJO WOULD HELP
FRIENDS DURING DIFFICULT TIMES.
WE LOST A FRIEND WHEN WE WERE
IN HIGH SCHOOL IN A CAR
ACCIDENT.
AFTER THE SERVICE, WE ALL GOT
TOGETHER AND BRAD'S GOAL WAS
CHEERING EVERYBODY UP AFTER
THAT.
I REMEMBER THAT, HIM GOING
AROUND TRYING TO MAKE EVERYBODY
SMILE.
NOW THOSE FRIENDS LEAVING
WELL WISHES ARE TRYING TO HELP
THE OJO FAMILY SMILE.
VERY HEARTFELT.
IT DOES MAKE IT SOMEWHAT EASIER,
SO IT'S NICE.
HIS DAD PICKED THREE WORDS TO
DESCRIBE HIS SON.
HONOR, LOVING AND CARING.
HIS BODY ARRIVED BACK IN THE
U.S. EARLIER THIS WEEK.
HE WAS HONORED DURING A MEMORIAL
SERVICE IN ARIZONA EARLIER WHERE
HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE, MARRIED
ONLY 10 MONTHS.
DID HIS DAD HAVE A CHANCE TO
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE LAST TIME
HE SPOKE TO HIS SON.
COINCIDENTALLY, HE TALKED TO
HIS SON THE FRIDAY BEFORE HE WAS
KILLED FOR ONE HOUR.
DAD SAID THAT WAS RARE, BECAUSE
THEY WORKED OPPOSITE SHIFTS SO
NORMALLY DIDN'T GET TO TALK THAT
LONG SO THERE'S COMFORT KNOWING
HE GOT TO TALK TO HIS SON.
HE SAID THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF UNEASINESS IN THAT
CONVERSATION AS IF HE KNEW