the boy next door

The Penn-Trafford Star has a much better write-up about what happened to Jeff Cole:

Last week, injured Army Spc. Jeff Cole, 20, of Level Green was honored by a personal visit from President George W. Bush.

"It was pretty cool," Cole says nonchalantly. "It was definitely something most people can't say they've ever done."

Neither is being thrown from a Humvee.

And can you believe, the boy met the president of the United States and didn't brag about it when he came home for Thanksgiving this past week? This was the first I heard of it.

(And it looks like I was right: Jeff was hurt in an attack, not in an accident.)