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"Sgt. Merlin German had been struggling with burn wounds covering more than 97 percent of his body for nearly two years when he made a decision: painful or not, he was going to don his dress blues and whisk his mother away for a dance during a hospital ball.
Over the next few weeks, he practiced his dancing at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, with Norma Guerra, the hospital’s deputy chief of public affairs, Guerra said. And when the 2006 Brooke’s Holiday Ball arrived, he surprised his mother on the dance floor, taking her in his arms.
“There wasn’t a dry eye in the house,” Guerra said. “He had made up his mind, and he was going to do it.”
Burned ‘Miracle’ Marine, 22, dies in hospital - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times
Merlin's Miracles -- Continuing the dream of Merlin German
Over the next few weeks, he practiced his dancing at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, with Norma Guerra, the hospital’s deputy chief of public affairs, Guerra said. And when the 2006 Brooke’s Holiday Ball arrived, he surprised his mother on the dance floor, taking her in his arms.
“There wasn’t a dry eye in the house,” Guerra said. “He had made up his mind, and he was going to do it.”
Burned ‘Miracle’ Marine, 22, dies in hospital - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times
Merlin's Miracles -- Continuing the dream of Merlin German
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