Charlotte soldier welcomed home by family

Charlotte soldier welcomed home by family

07:11 AM EDT on Friday, May 23, 2008

By FRANCES KUO / WCNC
E-mail Frances: FKuo@WCNC.com

Solider deployed in 2006 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An explosion on the front lines gave a Charlotte soldier a devastating injury.

On Thursday morning, Army Cpl. John Hyland got a welcome back that's long overdue.

Hyland left for Iraq in 2006 but didn't return home with his unit.

Instead, he flew to the Brooke Army Hospital Center in Texas where he's spent eight months recovering from an amputated leg.