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THE BA I TALI ON Monday, May 3; 2004
‘Tommy is free!’
Miss, town celebrates civilian's escape
By Kathy Hanrahan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MACON, Miss. — Civilian
contractor Thomas Ham ill’s dar
ing escape Sunday after three
weeks as a hostage in Iraq was
“the best wake-up call” for his
wife, and this town’s mayor
promised “a parade that will not
end” when he returns home.
“Tommy is free!” one resi
dent yelled as she ran to wake
her husband with the news.
Hamill. kidnapped during an
attack on his supply convoy
April 9, escaped from a house
south of Tikrit and ran to a near
by U.S. patrol, the U.S. military
announced in Baghdad.
Kellie Hamill said she got a
call at about 5:50 a.m. telling
her that her husband, a truck
driver for a subsidiary of the
Halliburton Corp., was free. He
later called home, “the best
wake-up call I’ve ever had.”
she said.
"He sounded wonderful, so
wonderful. He said he was
line.” she told The Associated
Press. “He said he was more
worried about his mom, his
grandmother, me and our kids.
The first thing he said to me
was. ‘How are you doing?’”
Ham ill’s captors had threat- '
ened to kill him unless the
United States lifted its siege on
the city of Fallujah.
Kellie Hamill later went to
church, where well-wishers
greeted her with joyful hugs
and tears.
Worshippers at Calvary
Baptist Church had prayed for
Hamill around the clock, said
choir member Shirley Battle.
“I don’t think anyone in this
group had given up,” Battle said.
Thomas Ham ill’s father, Leo,
said he fell asleep Saturday
night while watching a televi
sion newscast and woke Sunday
to church programming being
interrupted by a bulletin report
ing his son’s escape.
“I knew when I saw him on
TV. I knew it was him,” the
teary-eyed father said. “I hoped
they would return him safe.”
Promising to “grab and hug
his neck” upon his son’s return,
Leo Hamill raised his hands
skyward and proclaimed Sunday
“a beautiful day.”
Church deacon and Sunday
school teacher John Gauntt, 36,
said he was in bed when his wife
ran down the hall yelling
“Tommy is free!”
"We believe that everything
SOURCES: Associated Press; ESRI AP
works for the good for those that
trust him,” Gauntt said.
Hamill, 43, was “in good
health,” said Army Brig. Gen.
Mark Kimmitt. A gunshot wound
to his left arm, possibly suffered
when he was captured, appeared
to be infected and he was flown to
Baghdad, Maj. Neal O’Brien said.
Kellie Hamill said her hus
band told her he pried a door
open at the house where he was
being held after he heard a U.S.
Army patrol nearby.
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YANBU. Saudi Arabia — American and
European families packed their bags Sunday after a
deadly attack on foreigners, and traumatized Saudi
schoolchildren recounted how the attackers proudly
summoned them to watch them drag a victim’s
body through the streets.
The streets of Yanbu were eerily quiet a day after
tour brothers went on a bloody rampage that killed
k Westerners and a Saudi. But behind closed
iws. foreigners scrambled to book flights and
Wis comforted children shocked by the violence.
"1 couldn’t eat and 1 couldn't sleep the whole
flght. 1 have been having nightmares.” said an 18-
jear-old student who gave only his first name,
Rayyan. "This thing has changed my life forever.”
After spraying the office of Houston-based oil
contractor ABB Lummus Global Inc. with gunfire,
the four bearded men tied the body of one of their
victims to the bumper of a car and headed for the
Ibn Hayyan Secondary Boys School.
Students said Sunday that the attackers drove
into their parking lot and fired into the air to attract
attention to the bloodied corpse attached to their car
by its right leg. “This is the president of America!”
the men screamed.
“God is great! God is great! Come join your
brothers in Fallujah!” they shouted, referring to an
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Students and school officials said some of the
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Saudi troops deployed heavy weaponry Sunday
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most at $13,902, earning next
year's senior cadets the right to
stand at the edge of the football
field during games.
March to the Brazos is the
culmination of an entire year of
lhe Corps’ fund-raising efforts
where all the money is com
piled and donated. Ted Baglin,
from Santa Rosa, Calif., said he
enjoys doing the march and that
it’s great to be associated with
A&M. Baglin said he never
attended A&M, but that still
flies out from California every
year to participate in March to
lhe Brazos.
“I’ve worked with many
Aggies and heard their stories
and just fell in love with Texas
A&M.” Baglin said. “In 1981, I
attended an Aggie wedding and
made a lot of friends in
Company E-l. In 1982, 1 was
visiting San Antonio and called
down (to College Station) to see
if 1 could visit the guys (in E-l)
and 1 ended up doing March to
the Brazos.”
Baglin said he’s been
involved in many A&M activi
ties since, including Aggie
Bonfire and Bonfire cut. This
was his 23rd year to participate
in March to the Brazos, he said.
McAdams said this year’s
march will be a memorable
experience for the cadets.
“I’m sure the cadets will look
back and always remember this
one,” he said.
March to Brazos began
when A&M’s commandant at
the time decided to have the
cadets make a 14-mile trip to
the Brazos River because he
was not happy with the pranks
and other problems cadets were
making, said Keith Smith, a
senior geography major and
former Corps member. The trip
was a way to wear out the
cadets and it eventually became
an annual spring event for the
Corps, he said.
The Corps will also have its
Final Review on May 15,
which marks the end of the
senior class’ four-year Corps
career and the juniors’ chance
to step up in a new pair of
leather boots.
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