Tyler Owen Griffin, a 19-year-old Marine lance corporal from Voluntown, was recently killed in Afghanistan. His hometown said its goodbyes this week. With this loss, a war on the other side of the world hit home. This has an especially big impact on a small town of only 2,600 people where everyone seems to know everyone. Voluntown has been tested before, rising to the occasion in the face of such tragedies as that of the Girard family featured on ABC's "Extreme Home Makeover." While it must be comforting to get such overwhelming community support, it is hard to imagine what strength and courage it must take for those most directly affected. When you get to feeling cynical about what people can do, think about the good people of Voluntown and of so many other communities who try and do the right thing everyday. They deserve far more recognition, but from time to time they even manage to make the headlines.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Voluntown Pays Its Respects
Tyler Owen Griffin, a 19-year-old Marine lance corporal from Voluntown, was recently killed in Afghanistan. His hometown said its goodbyes this week. With this loss, a war on the other side of the world hit home. This has an especially big impact on a small town of only 2,600 people where everyone seems to know everyone. Voluntown has been tested before, rising to the occasion in the face of such tragedies as that of the Girard family featured on ABC's "Extreme Home Makeover." While it must be comforting to get such overwhelming community support, it is hard to imagine what strength and courage it must take for those most directly affected. When you get to feeling cynical about what people can do, think about the good people of Voluntown and of so many other communities who try and do the right thing everyday. They deserve far more recognition, but from time to time they even manage to make the headlines.
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