Raasch: Amputee G.I. gets a special treat from Bush and Cheney

Raasch: Amputee G.I. gets a special treat from Bush and Cheney

CHUCK RAASCH
Gannett News Service

The unfinished quilt was tucked in a bag in back of Army Sgt. Joseph Bozik's wheelchair. The cloth that meant the world to him, the cloth his mother had sent halfway around the world and back for him.
Bozik, who likes to be called Joey, lost both legs and his right arm when the Humvee he was in went over a land mine in the desert south of Baghdad in October.

Keeping busy amid the worry of a son in combat, Gail Bozik had enrolled in a quilting class near her home in Wilmington, N.C. The blanket she planned to commemorate his service to America suddenly had become a symbol of survival, recovery and ultimately, hope.