Ever since Jessica Dawn Lynch was young, she dreamed of becoming a kindergarten teacher, but she knew paying for college would be a struggle so at the age of 18 she enlisted her herself in the U.S. Army and became a unit supply specialist. Lynch did not think she would have to go to war, but the terrorist attacks on 9/11 changed everything. She was deployed and slated to be in Iraq for nine months. Three days into the polarizing war with Iraq, the 507th Maintenance Company which was the last in the column of 600 vehicles making its way to Baghdad, got mired in sand with jam weapons. After 60 to 70 hours of little rest and little communications, the 507th soldiers went through the city of Nasiriyah due to navigational error. When the unit made…show more content… The Iraqi forces hindered their exit with a vehicle and an Iraqi shot a rocket-propelled grenade at the Humvee Lynch was in. The blast launched her Humvee into another vehicle, knocking her unconscious and injuring her. Out of 33 soldiers from the 507th, 11 were killed, 9 were wounded and 7 was taken captive. When Jessica Lynch woke up, she found herself in an Iraqi hospital being treated for her wounds. She had a fractured spine, shattered right arm, a broken left leg and internal damage. As the war closed in on the city of Nasiriyah, the doctors put her in an ambulance and tried to return her to American soldiers, but when they approached they were assumed as Iraqi forces and fired upon. The doctors then brought her back, but another Iraqi, Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, informed American soldiers of Lynch’s location. The American Special Forces organized a plan to infiltrate the hospital and rescue Jessica Lynch. When Jessica heard helicopters and gunfire from her hospital bed on the night of April 1st, she felt nothing but fear. She heard soldiers asked where’s Jessica Lynch, but she couldn’t tell whether they were U.S. or Iraqi soldiers. When the guys came in her room, she knew she was finally going to get out of
