2008

Hamil speaks to ECCC student bo9k club about experiences in captivity Club includes entry into the military for medical reasons. But his

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story began six Irlonths after arriving to work as a civil– ian truck driver. A news crew taped his kidnapping. After 23 days in captivity, despite dealing with a gunshot wound, he was able to escape. Hfs book relays the chronologically events sur– rounding his capture and escape. Pictured are (from left) Hamil and East Central sophomores, Brandi Ricks of Forest, :who sang the national anthem for the cer– emony, and Brittany Smith of Sebastopol, president of the book club.

DECATUR- Thomas Hamil, who was captured by Iraqi militants during the ambush of a civilian convoy in Iraq in 2004, visited East Central Community College in Decatur as a guest of the ECCC Book Club on Veterans Day. The 48-year-old Macon resident talked with students about his book, Escape in Iraq. Hami) originally went to Iraq to earn more money and serve his country as best he could after being denied

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From left: Thomas Hamil, Brandi Ricks and Brittany Smith.

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