Article: Fallen soldier comes home to family, friends: Funeral for Sgt. Blake Harris is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday.

Byline: Peter Roper

Mar. 15--Sgt. Blake Harris came home Wednesday morning, his flag-draped casket reverently carried off a small charter jet by members of a Fort Carson honor guard, who had waited with solemn dignity to salute their fallen comrade and escort him to a local funeral home. Out on the tarmac, standing close or hugging each other in grief, were Harris' family and friends. It was a morning for weeping. Even members of the American Legion Riders, local veterans who provided a motorcycle escort for Harris' body, lost the battle against tears as the young soldier's casket slowly was carried to a waiting hearse. Harris, 22, and a member of the 1st ...

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