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Quest to Heal Iraqi Boy Became a Final Mission
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"The first three days, all of us cried," Domeracki said. "All of us cried for three days."
The following night, Satryano was working late. She dropped by the consulate, where the woman tracking the pair's visas was still at her desk.
"Actually, that came in today," the consulate official told her, referring to the approval notices.
Elated, Satryano called her counterpart in Baghdad. Capt. Lance Carr sounded awful. She didn't understand.
"We lost a civil affairs soldier," he told her.
"I heard," she responded. "Do you know who it was?"
"Captain Freeman," he said.
"No way!" she said. "This is his kid! I just talked to him yesterday, like at 12."
He was one of the good guys, she thought to herself that night. Why did they have to kill one of the good guys?
Freeman was buried Feb. 1. He left behind two children, Gunnar, who will turn 3 next month, and Ingrid, a 1-year-old who began taking her first steps while he was home for Christmas.
Ali Abdulameer and his father are expected to arrive in New York this week. After the surgery, they hope to meet Freeman's widow.
"I want to be there for the father," Charlotte said. "I'm sure he has a need to meet me just as I feel the need to meet him."
Staff writer Ann Scott Tyson in Washington contributed to this report.
