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11 lis 2014 · "In five minutes you're going to be shot down." Duckworth, a 37-year-old member of the Illinois National Guard, looks at the clock and realizes it's true. At this moment exactly one year ago, a...
Duckworth and Bowlsbey have two daughters: Abigail, born in 2014, [152] and Maile, born in 2018. [153] Maile's birth made Duckworth the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. [ 153 ] [ 154 ] Former Senator Daniel Akaka helped the couple name both girls; Akaka died on April 6, 2018, three days before Maile was born. [ 155 ]
21 maj 2021 · While she has no memories of that period, for her husband, Bryan Bowlsbey, and parents, who flew in from Hawaii, it was a time of emotional and psychological torment. In all, Duckworth spent 13 months at Walter Reed.
27 sty 2018 · Her crew had assumed she was dead, but by nevertheless moving her quickly from the helicopter to get aid, they saved her life. Duckworth woke up about 11 days later, in pain and angry.
While in ROTC, Duckworth also fell in love with a fellow cadet named Bryan Bowlsbey.
28 mar 2021 · As a helicopter pilot deployed in the Iraq War, she suffered injuries so grievous when her Black Hawk was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade that her crewmates assumed she was dead. They...
7 maj 2024 · Prior to her injuries, Duckworth married Major Bryan Bowlsbey of the Illinois Army National Guard. She announced her retirement from the military in October 2014, shortly before giving birth...
