09-17-2006
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County Executive
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
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Member Since: Feb 2005
Location: California
Posts: 382
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Re: The Iraq Page, RIP soldiers
 
Alexander Jordan
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Miami Herald -- After the 9/11 attacks, Alexander Jordan's childhood fears of his mother, a flight attendant, dying in a plane crash resurfaced.
Jordan enlisted in the U.S. Army as a way to fight back, to protect his family and safeguard America.
On Sunday, almost five years to the day since the attacks and three years into his military service, the 31-year-old from Palmetto Bay was killed by enemy fire in Baghdad.
''He knew he wanted to make a difference, and he knew he could,'' Jordan's mother, Candace Jordan, said Tuesday night, her home filled with bouquets of sympathy flowers. ``He was such an incredible human being.''
Spc. Alexander Jordan had been deployed to Iraq with his unit from Fort Richardson, Alaska, since July 2005. It was supposed to be a one-year tour, patrolling areas near Mosul.
Last month, a few days before Jordan's family expected him home, he e-mailed his mom to say he was being sent to Baghdad for a four-month extension.
''That was my worst fear, him going to Baghdad,'' Candace Jordan said.
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Rest in peace Alexander.
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