"His wife, Sara, was about to give birth to their first son, and Blake Brown was 9,000 miles away in the Somali Peninsula, doing Uncle Sam's work.
It would be an exhausting trip home, even for a soldier hardened by wearing body armor in searing African summers."
Brown was to go from Camp Le Monier in Djibouti to Ethiopia. Fly to Paris, then to Dallas, on to Phoenix and, finally, a short leg home to Fresno. Expected time: 36 hours, including layovers.
His plane landed late in Phoenix the night of April 2.
Brown rushed to the gate for US Airways flight 2716, only to find it closed.
Would he miss the birth of their first son?
It would be an exhausting trip home, even for a soldier hardened by wearing body armor in searing African summers."
Brown was to go from Camp Le Monier in Djibouti to Ethiopia. Fly to Paris, then to Dallas, on to Phoenix and, finally, a short leg home to Fresno. Expected time: 36 hours, including layovers.
His plane landed late in Phoenix the night of April 2.
Brown rushed to the gate for US Airways flight 2716, only to find it closed.
Would he miss the birth of their first son?
When Blake was younger, [his mother] was a soccer mom, organizing
trips and fundraisers. And, when he enlisted after a year at Fresno Pacific
University, she joined the Central Valley Blue Star Moms, a nonprofit helping
military personnel and their families. She's now the membership director.
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