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Ma'rwa's flight home marks miracle of Iraqi girl
Ma'rwa Ahteemi survives a mortar attack near Balad. Injured and paralyzed, she is aided by US soldiers and a network of volunteers led by Lt Col Nate Sassaman and Dr Sharnell Hoffer. Through fundraising and interagency coordination, she receives care in Washington and rehab back home in Iraq.
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Iraq
Sunni Triangle
Balad
Baghdad
Ma’rwa Ahteemi
Ma’rwa
Nate Sassaman
8Th Infantry Regiment
Ma'rwa
Sassaman
Marwa
21St Combat Support Hospital
Mary Adams-Challenger
Hoffer
Marcie Roth
Rockville
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Roth
National Rehabilitation Hospital
Washington, D.C
Department of Defense
Iowa
Tom Harkin
Harkin
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Paul Wolfowitz
America
Andrews Air Force Base
Adams Challenger
Texas
Minnesota
Abir Elsiyed