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Article: Fallen soldier's remains taken home to Lawrence ; Supporters greet motorcade for Jimenez
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2008
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LAWRENCE - The thunder of the motorcade rumbled in the distance
on the otherwise deserted highway.
As the flashing lights of police motorcycles came into view on
Interstate 93, where troopers yesterday briefly stopped traffic,
tears streamed down somber faces, and flags rose from a ribbon-
covered Methuen overpass, where a crowd gathered to welcome home the
fallen soldier.
About fourteen months ago, Army Staff Sergeant Alex R. Jimenez
disappeared after insurgents ambushed his convoy as it traveled west
of Mahmudiyah, Iraq. The military recovered his remains on July 8
west of Jurf As Sukhr, and yesterday, state and local police
escorted a hearse carrying his casket from Hanscom Air Force Base ...
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