I woke up and all I could see was Iraqis standing all around me, looking down upon me. I knew at that moment something terrible had happened and I wasn't in the right place.

and allied forces. Initial media reports on Lynch's capture and rescue in Iraq were incorrect. Her family could not afford to send her to college; her older brother had to drop out due to financial reasons.

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