'Miracle' Marine refused to surrender will to live
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080525/capt.615f13728ded45148810065d256d8506.memorial_day_miracle_marine_ny361.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=RsS_Lfs9uforfKCST8X_9w--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="In this May 21, 2007 file photo, Marine Sgt. Merlin German, 21, poses following during his promotion ceremony at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. No one expected Sgt. Merlin German to survive after he had been burned over 97 percent of his body by a roadside bomb in Iraq. But the determined Marine would not surrender. He endured more than 100 surgeries and procedures. He learned to live with pain, to see a stranger's face in the mirror. He walked again. He danced with his mother. He was dubbed the 'Miracle Man.' But after three years, he could no longer defy the odds. A few weeks ago, he died unexpectedly after routine surgery. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_on_re_us/memorial_day__miracle__marine)AP - The young Marine came back from the war, with his toughest fight ahead of him. Merlin German waged that battle in the quiet of a Texas hospital, far from the dusty road in Iraq where a bomb exploded, leaving him with burns over 97 percent of his body.</p><br clear="all"/>
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