posted on November 24, 2004 08:47:37 AM new
Woman dies after seeing soldier son's body
November 24, 2004
TUCSON, Ariz. -- A woman who collapsed and died hours after viewing the body of her son killed while serving in Iraq suffered a heart attack, authorities said.
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Karen Unruh-Wahrer, 45, had atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, more commonly known as hardening of the arteries, which led to her Oct. 2 heart attack, said Dr. Bruce Parks, Pima County's chief medical examiner.
Unruh-Wahrer was said to be inconsolable after the death of her 25-year-old son, Army Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, who was killed Sept. 25 by enemy fire near Baghdad.
She died shortly after seeing his remains for the first time.
Her family attributed the death to a broken heart, but Parks said hardening of the arteries generally develops slowly over a long period of time and often goes unnoticed by the victim.
The resulting heart attack can be precipitated by stress, Parks said Tuesday.
The ashes of Unruh-Wahrer and her son were laid to rest side-by-side on Oct. 8 at a veterans cemetery near Fort Huachuca, about 75 miles southeast of Tucson.
Q. What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War?
A. George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.
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There's an old saying in Tennessee I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says, fool me once, shame on shame on you. Fool me you can't get fooled again." George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
---------------------------------- "Give it up for George W. Bush, the best friend international jihad ever had."
posted on November 24, 2004 12:02:41 PM new
Love ya logan, but thousands of mothers and sons have died because of bush's war. this woman isn't special.
