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Marine Drowns Saving 2 Boys Off North Carolina Beach
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| May 08, 2007
Posted on 05/08/2007 9:36:53 PM PDT by bnelson44
ALMA, Mich. A U.S. Marine drowned after saving two children who were swimming off Atlantic Beach in North Carolina, the military said.
Master Sgt. Michael Wert, an intelligence chief for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point in Havelock, N.C., was vacationing this past weekend with his family at the beach when he saw two boys struggling in the surf, the Marines said in a statement.
His wife, Debbie, said her husband rushed into the water to help while she went to call 911. Their daughter, Katrina, grabbed a boogie board and followed Wert, a Michigan native, into the water.
"She managed to help the boys onto the board, but didn't see her dad with them," Debbie Wert said in the statement. "The one little boy told her (Michael Wert) had to let them go and had died."
Rescue personnel found Wert but could not revive him.
Wert joined the Marines in 1989 after graduating from Alma High School, where he was a cross-country runner, The Saginaw News reported. He served in Operation Desert Storm and supported Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: hero; marines; usmc
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:36:56 PM PDT
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bnelson44
To: bnelson44
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:39:41 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: bnelson44
A true Marine until the end.
Semper Fi, R.I.P., Master Sgt. Michael Wert.
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:39:56 PM PDT
by
anymouse
To: devolve
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:40:37 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. M.Twain)
To: bnelson44
Sounds like the daughter was a chip off the old block — a hero just like her Dad. What a shame we had to lose him. He sounded like a good man.
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:41:26 PM PDT
by
RepoGirl
("Tom, I'm getting dead from you, but I'm not getting Un-dead..." -- Frasier Crane)
To: bnelson44
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:41:31 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: bnelson44
No better friend, no worse enemy.
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:42:33 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.)
To: bnelson44
May God bless Mr. Wert’s family.
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:42:55 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: bnelson44
Always faithful, to the very end. Rest in Peace, good sir.
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:43:16 PM PDT
by
scott7278
(Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men!)
To: StarCMC; Bethbg79; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma; laurenmarlowe; ...
Jhn 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:46:40 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: bnelson44
No greater love than this to lay down his life for a friend.
Salute Sir.
A Fine Marine.
Wiping a tear away.
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:47:54 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
To: bnelson44
This is a damn shame, but of course typical of a US Marine to put others above himself.
Sounds like his daughter is good material and reared right also.
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:48:48 PM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam.)
To: bnelson44
Rest in Peace Marine. You did good.
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:51:22 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: All
Soldier rest, Gently pressed,
To the calm, Mother Earth's
Waiting breast;
Duty done, Like the sun:
Going West.
SEMPER FI MARINE, GOD BLESS YOU
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posted on
05/08/2007 9:57:03 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: bnelson44
Our dear Lord must have needed another brave Marine to guard the pearlie gates. God speed and prayers to your family. Semper Fi.
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posted on
05/08/2007 10:04:29 PM PDT
by
jrooney
(The democrats are the friend of our enemy and the enemy of our friends. Attack them, not GW!)
To: bnelson44
Marines never cease to amaze me. Prayers for the family.
To: bnelson44
Condolences to Michael Wert’s family and friends. America’s finest! Without men like you, we would not be here.
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posted on
05/08/2007 10:17:35 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: bnelson44
Prayers for this brave Marine’s family.
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posted on
05/08/2007 10:41:14 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
To: MEG33
SEMPER FI
Rest in Peace, Marine.
Hand Salute!
To: bnelson44
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