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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  MEET THE REAL HERO OF THE JESSICA LYNCH STORY Thu Nov 06 2003 12:43:19 ET Hardly a person in America has not heard of Private Jessica Lynch. But if it weren�t for the heroic efforts of a much less known soldier, Lynch would have been a statistic � killed in action -- instead of the subject of headlines, a movie and a book. Mike Wallace interviews Pfc. Patrick Miller, awarded a Silver Star for action that saved the life of Lynch and several others near her, in a report to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, Nov. 9 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Miller, from Valley Center, Kan., tells Wallace how he earned the Silver Star by single-handedly stopping a mortar attack several Iraqis were aiming at Lynch and others around her after their convoy was ambushed. Two of Miller�s fellow soldiers, who were also saved by his action, recount how Miller risked his life that day to save theirs and Lynch�s. Lynch went on to be captured and then rescued in an event that became a central and controversial story in the war. Early accounts of a heroic stand by Lynch have been proved false and some have charged that her rescue was overly dramatized by the military. The real hero behind the Jessica Lynch story doesn�t think he is one at all. �It�s good to know that you actually did something to save other people�s lives, but for me,� says Miller, �I don�t feel that I�m a hero because I feel I was doing my job as a soldier.� Developing... |
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