U.S. Soldier Dad Of 3 Kids Dies Saving Afghan Girl
Mar-30-2012

Flags were lowered at half staff in Providence, R.I. for a soldier who died saving an Afghan girl.
While riding in a convoy in Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, Spc. Dennis P. Weichel Jr., 29, and his unit, noticed children collecting shell casings on the road ahead, ABC reports.
The soldiers urged the children to get out of the way, but one girl ran back to pick up more casings underneath a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle -- a truck that can weigh more than 16 tons.
To protect the girl from the massive vehicle, the Rhode Island National Guardsman lifted the girl out of the way, but the armored truck ran him over.
Weichel later died from injuries he sustained and the girl survived, according to the news outlet.

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