Fwd: Father sets Marine's govt van on fire when told his son killed in Iraq

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> Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:24:25 -0400

> Father sets Marine's govt van on fire when

told his son killed in Iraq.

>

> Father sets Marine's govt van on fire when told his

> son killed in Iraq

>

> ( You won't see This on FOX !)

>

> nbc6.net - News - Father Sets Van On Fire After

> Learning Of Son's Death

> Address:http://www.nbc6.net/news/3680887/detail.html

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> Man's 20-Year-Old Son Killed In Iraq

> POSTED: 3:04 pm EDT August 25, 2004

> UPDATED: 5:20 pm EDT August 25, 2004

> HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (Just north of Miami)

>

> -- A Hollywood man suffered severe burns Wednesday

> after setting a van

> on fire when he learned that his son was killed in

> Iraq, authorities

> said.

>

> Carlos Arresondo, 44, sustained second-degree burns

> over 50 percent of

> his body and was being transferred to Ryder Trauma

> Center after being

> taken to a Hollywood hospital.

>

> The Hollywood Police Department's public information

> officer said

> Marines went to Arresondo's home Wednesday afternoon

> to notify him that

> his 20-year-old son, Alexander Arresondo, also a

> Marine, had been

> killed.

>

> Slideshow: Van Set On Fire Note: Some Images May Be

> Disturbing

> Police say that when the father learned the news, he

> went inside his

> home, got a tank of gasoline and a blow torch, broke

> the van's window,

> poured gas inside and started the fire.

> The man apparently got caught in the blaze and

> suffered several burns.

> He was taken to a local hospital.

> The incident happened just after 2 p.m. on Tyler

> Street in Hollywood.

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