Chapter+19


 * Coming Back Home**

On her way back she was thinking about all the stuff she wanted to do. She was wondering if her friends were still the same and if all the places she’d been to were still there. When she arrived to the airport her parent were already waiting for her. She ran to her mom crying, happy to be back home. They got in the car and drove to her house. When they arrived at her house all her friends and family were there. They had planned a welcome back BBQ for her. Korina was very happy to see her friends and family. Everyone was asking her about how it felt to be in war, and what she did. She went off telling her stories to her friends and family members. After the BBQ, Korina asked her parents if she could go see their new house. Her parents were ok with that. When they got there, Korina was amazed. The house was so big, it seemed like it was a mansion. She got off the car and went into the house. Korina couldn’t believe how big the house was. It had five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. She thought it was a way better house than the one she grew up in. A couple months later, Korina got a phone call from one of the army officers. They wanted to invite her to a ceremony where here and other soldiers were going to be awarded. The ceremony was at the White House. Korina was so excited to go “Come on who ever gets to go to the White House”, exclaimed Korina. So in the next few days Korina got all her thing prepared for her trip to Washington. So in the next few days Korina got all her things packed up for her trip to Washington. When she got there a limousine was waiting for her and all the other soldiers. During the ceremony, the president thanked all the soldiers for being a great support for their country. A few weeks later, she was driving back from work. It was around eleven o’clock at night and she was very tired, almost falling asleep. Going down Placentia St. she went really fast because she wanted to get home and sleep. “BAM” out of nowhere a car a car that was also speeding down a side street hit her. Two minutes later, police officers, fireman, and the ambulance were there. Korina couldn’t move, she couldn’t feel her body. The firemen had to pull her out of her car, but it going to take a while for them to do that because the car was all crunched up. After a few minutes later, they got her out and put her in the ambulance, and rushed to the hospital. The nearest hospital around was Hoag Hospital, it was only a few blocks away from where the accident had happened. When they arrived to the hospital, Korina wasn’t breathing anymore, but the doctor didn’t give up, and anything possible to keep her alive. “We can’t let her die She’s too young”; they couldn’t get her to breathe again. The hospital called her parents and gave them the bad news. “Ma’am we’re sorry we tried our hardest to keep her alive”; her mom hung up the phone and rushed to the hospital. When her mom arrived she couldn’t believe it; her brave soldier was gone. The most important person in her life was gone. All she would remember her by was being one of the best soldiers she raised.

By Yesenia Munoz

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070513/21soldier.htm

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070511/21soldier.emails_2.htm

http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/soldierstories/story.php?story_id_key=9753