Spc. Jason Lucas, 22, misses his wife, Emily, and his two dogs back at home in Williamsburg, Va. He plans to send his mother flowers this Mother's Day, which he said is harder for her, with two of her sons deployed. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)
Spc. Jason Lucas, 22, misses his wife, Emily, and his two dogs back at home in Williamsburg, Va. He plans to send his mother flowers this Mother's Day, which he said is harder for her, with two of her sons deployed. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)
Tom Doyle, back left, standing with family and co-workers, wipes his face as the funeral procession for James Mattioli, 6, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, approaches the St. John's Cemetery Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Darien, Conn. Center are his wife Debbie and daughter Emily, 10. Adam Lanza opened fire Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
In this hospital surveillance photo released by the Phoenix Police Department on Dec. 3, 2012, a woman is seen with her 11-year-old daughter, a leukemia patient who had her arm amputated and a heart catheter inserted due to an infection. Authorities say the woman inexplicably took the girl from the hospital last week. Police say that if the catheter is left in too long it could lead to a deadly infection. The family’s identity is being withheld but they are calling the girl Emily. (Associated Press/Phoenix Police Department)
In this hospital surveillance photo released by the Phoenix Police Department on Dec. 3, 2012, a woman is seen with her 11-year-old daughter, a leukemia patient who had her arm amputated and a heart catheter inserted due to an infection. Authorities say the woman inexplicably took the girl from the hospital last week. Police say that if the catheter is left in too long it could lead to a deadly infection. The family’s identity is being withheld but they are calling the girl Emily. (Associated Press/Phoenix Police Department)
Ahna McCue and her daughter Emily attend a candlelight vigil on Nov. 11, 2012, at Southwest Elementary School in Greenwood, Ind., for teacher Jennifer Longworth. Officials did not identify the two people who were killed in a blast on Saturday. However, a candlelight vigil was held for second-grade teacher Jennifer Longworth. She and her husband, John Dion Longworth, lived at a home destroyed in the blast. (Associated Press/The Indianapolis Star)
Ahna McCue and her daughter, Emily, attend a candlelight vigil on Nov. 11, 2012, at Southwest Elementary School in Greenwood, Ind., for second-grade teacher Jennifer Longworth. Officials did not identify the two people who were killed in a blast the previous day. However, a candlelight vigil was held for Longworth. She and her husband, John Dion Longworth, lived at a home destroyed in the blast. (Associated Press/The Indianapolis Star)
Rosalia Adhiambo, 52, and grandniece Emily, 5, both of whom are HIV positive and who share one meal a day that Mrs. Adhiambo, a widow, gets for free from a medical clinic, stand outside their shack in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. (Associated Press)
Keith Erickson plays with his five year-old daughter Emily as students arrive for the first day of school at John Tyler Elementary School. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
