Fluffybunny Posted October 5, 2004 #1 Share Posted October 5, 2004 TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- A 45-year-old woman collapsed and died days after learning her son had been killed in Iraq, and just hours after seeing his body. Results of an autopsy were not immediately released, but friends of Karen Unruh-Wahrer said she couldn't stop crying over losing her 25-year-old son, Army Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, who was killed by enemy fire near Baghdad on September 25. "Her grief was so intense -- it seemed it could have harmed her, could have caused a heart attack. Her husband described it as a broken heart," said Cheryl Hamilton, manager of respiratory care services at University Medical Center, where Unruh-Wahrer worked as a respiratory therapist. Unruh, a combat engineer, had been in Iraq less than a month when he was shot during an attack on his unit. Several days after learning of his death, his mother had gone to the hospital complaining of chest pains, Hamilton said. She was feeling better the next day but saw her son's body Saturday morning and collapsed that night in her kitchen. Her husband, Dennis Wahrer -- also a respiratory therapist -- and other family members performed CPR but Unruh-Wahrer was pronounced dead that night. Autopsy results won't be released until relatives are notified, said Dr. Bruce Parks, Pima County chief medical examiner. There was no immediate response to a call to his office before business hours Tuesday. Robert Unruh will be buried Friday at the Southern Arizona Veterans' Memorial Cemetery. His mother's body will accompany her son's in the procession to the cemetery. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gollum Posted October 5, 2004 #2 Share Posted October 5, 2004 So sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted October 5, 2004 #3 Share Posted October 5, 2004 I do wish our troops would stop fighting with their hands behind there backs I means, these guys can use car bombs against us. I'm not suggesting we go captain insano and use methods which kill scores of civilians just to get a few insurgents, but we need to be allowed to use torture to get information, and to make examples of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novo Posted October 5, 2004 #4 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Gas prices are down 4 cents in my town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffybunny Posted October 5, 2004 Author #5 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Gas prices are down 4 cents in my town. 292054[/snapback] See Student, I told you it was all worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted October 5, 2004 #6 Share Posted October 5, 2004 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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