It takes a brave bunch of people to risk their own lives to go in and free a hostage, ... We didn't even know she was captured, you know. Last we knew she was just missing in action.
"Jessica Dawn Lynch" is a former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and allied forces. On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Lynch was serving as a Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)/unit supply specialist with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed by Iraqi forces during the Battle of Nasiriyah. Lynch was seriously injured and captured. Her subsequent recovery by U.S. Special Operations Forces on April 1, 2003, received considerable media coverage and was the first successful rescue of an American prisoner of war since Vietnam and the first ever of a woman.
Initial official reports on Lynch's capture and rescue in Iraq were incorrect. On April 24, 2007, she testified in front of Congress that she had never fired her weapon, her M16 rifle jammed, and that she had been knocked unconscious when her vehicle crashed. Lynch has been outspoken in her criticism of the original stories reported regarding her combat experience. When asked about her heroine status, she stated "That wasn't me. I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do... I'm just a survivor."
In 2014, Lynch made her film debut as SPC Summer L. Gabriel in Virtuous (2014 film)/Virtuous. Her role was loosely based on her own experiences in Iraq.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous soldiers! More Jessica Lynch on Wikipedia.Right now we are really not supposed to talk about that subject, you know, ... It is still an ongoing investigation, and we can't talk about nothing like that.
Yesterday she was feeling very weak, she was tired and she was hungry as well, ... And my mom said this morning when she called she was real high-spirited, she was able to talk a little louder, and she was excited.
Nobody has told us not to talk about it. Our main concern is to get Jessie back on her feet in good health right now.
It was extremely hard. It will always be emotionally hard.
It was hard getting stopped all the time when I wasn't used to it. It doesn't bother me now. But I don't want any special attention drawn to me.
We never really found a true solution to the R1 issue. We said we're going to enforce it more, but that doesn't solve the problem that you're trying to fight bad behavior with a law that singles out students and tries to keep them from living somewhere, ... Until we start talking about solutions and not treatments, it's going to be an issue again whether we like it or not.
They told me I'd never probably see the front-line area.
There's not day that goes by that I don't remember why I'm in the situation I'm in.
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