A 1983 Texas A&M graduate runs through a hail of gunfire in Iraq to rescue a young girl in a dramatic video online.
'I thought, "If I die doing this, my wife and kids would understand,"' David Eubank '83 told the Los Angeles Times after the video circulated worldwide via the internet.
Eubank is a 1983 political science graduate of Texas A&M and the founder of Free Burma Rangers, a Christian-based aid organization formed to help displaced people in Burma after a series of Burma Army offensives in 1997 forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes.
In 2015, Free Burma Rangers changed its focus to start helping victims of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
"A&M gave me a comprehensive education and the Corps taught me how to be both a good follower and a good leader," Eubank told Texas Aggie magazine for a story in 2012. "The adversity one faces in the Corps is great preparation for any challenge. I have always thought, 'Well, that is not as tough as fish year!'"
The entire Eubank family--Dave, Karen, and their three children--work together in Iraq, just as they did in Burma. "Although people would say it's dangerous," Karen Eubank told the L.A. Times, the work "brings meaning."
Read the full story at tx.ag/EubankVideo.
'I thought, "If I die doing this, my wife and kids would understand,"' David Eubank '83 told the Los Angeles Times after the video circulated worldwide via the internet.
Eubank is a 1983 political science graduate of Texas A&M and the founder of Free Burma Rangers, a Christian-based aid organization formed to help displaced people in Burma after a series of Burma Army offensives in 1997 forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes.
In 2015, Free Burma Rangers changed its focus to start helping victims of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
"A&M gave me a comprehensive education and the Corps taught me how to be both a good follower and a good leader," Eubank told Texas Aggie magazine for a story in 2012. "The adversity one faces in the Corps is great preparation for any challenge. I have always thought, 'Well, that is not as tough as fish year!'"
The entire Eubank family--Dave, Karen, and their three children--work together in Iraq, just as they did in Burma. "Although people would say it's dangerous," Karen Eubank told the L.A. Times, the work "brings meaning."
Read the full story at tx.ag/EubankVideo.
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