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...Lexington, Mass. native also played football in high school, a choice that would drastically impact his senior year. On October 27, 2001, Klimkiewicz tore his left ACL in a freak accident on a kickoff, forcing him to sit out his senior baseball season. It was the first time all season Klimkiewicz had been in on a special teams play. The year before, in his second “junior” season at BB&N, Klimkiewicz won the ISL MVP, batting .478 with eight home runs, 48 RBI and 15 stolen bases...
Klimkiewicz had other plans. After his MVP junior season, Klimkiewicz was approached by professional scouts interested in drafting him directly out of high school. But after he tore his ACL, professional interest died down...
...were shot at, Talraas' driver, Sergeant Michael Maita, hit the gas and sped back to the southeastern corner of the town. Maita had been shot in the hand. "But," said Talraas, "he kept his wits about him and they got out of there," Maita shouting "Medic! Medic!" as they tore back to safety...
...Black Hawk tore back to the hospital at Tallil, Maita and Talraas were stable and Barbe focused on squeezing bags of saline into the dying soldier's jugular vein. To keep him from slipping into a coma, Barbe was grabbing handfuls of the patient's eyebrow hair ripping it out, and rubbing his knuckles into his sternum. Anything painful to get a response. Every few minutes the bleeding paratrooper would pick up his head, smile weakly and give a thumbs up. He was still with them...
...into the modern era, its spectacular cultural heritage is often the first casualty of the nation's fascination with all things shiny and new. Many of the Middle Kingdom's historical artifacts were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution, when frenzied Red Guards chopped the heads off ancient statues and tore down thousands of temples. Today the destruction continues apace, this time in the name of modernization as local governments often choose concrete over culture. This year alone the Three Gorges Dam project will begin flooding countless archaeological sites, while hundreds of historic neighborhoods nationwide will be replaced by nondescript apartment...