After the grief, a teen follows his dead brother's path to the Army

After the grief, a teen follows his dead brother's path to the Army
By Don Babwin
ASSOCIATED PRESS
9:28 a.m. December 26, 2003

Associated Press
Susan Tyrrell and her former husband, Arnold, sit in the living room of Susan's house in Forreston, Ill., with their children Kelly Zitelman, right, and Joe. Kelly holds a photo of her brother, Scott Tyrrell, who died of an injury he sustained in Iraq.

FORRESTON, Ill. – Nobody would have faulted Joe Tyrrell if he changed his mind about joining the Army now.

Not after standing over the hospital bed of the badly burned body of his brother, seeing only emptiness where his arms should have been, understanding then as few do the price some soldiers serving in Iraq have paid.

But after he buried Pvt. Scott Matthew Tyrrell, 19-year-old Joe, with the blessing of his family, enlisted in the Army.


[partial text only; follow link for full article]