This just makes me feel sick.

My cousin forwarded this e-mail from my aunt today. I am worried sick.

Dear Family and Friends,
Gia and I talked to Anthony this weekend and he is okay. He is back on duty. However, last Friday, in the dark hours, Anthony was patrolling in a Humvee that was hit an IED, an explosive device. The four guys in the vehicle, including Ant, suffered concussions, and the gunner, atop the vehicle was killed. It is a sad time for the platoon, 20 guys who have worked closely together for more than a year. The young man who died has a daughter and another on the way. He is from NY. It is too sad.
Anthony has residual headaches. He is resolute and brave and determined to do his duty for God and country.
Please continue your prayers. We are grateful his life was spared in this horrible incident.
It was very hard to get the call from Casualty Notification. Again, I am asking for prayer. Anthony has repeatedly expressed appreciation for the letters. Please encourage him. If you would like to send a package, it takes ten days to get there. But we have sent him cookies anyway and he is grateful. Snacks and candy and anything but chocolate (melts, sorry) is fine.
But the letters are the best.

That is all.