Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Fire

Jeb Phillips: It should be all joy, coming home after spending most of the past two years in Iraq. And it was for a while yesterday at the baggage claim.
Blythe Bowen, 2, yelled "Da-da!" and ran as hard as she could to her father. Bailey Bowen, 3, locked her hands around his neck until he pried them loose five minutes later.
Martin Bowen, 34, wore a T-shirt that read "Mosul, Iraq Fire Department," and his smile took up his whole face. He'd been on five planes in three days, Baghdad to Columbus, and here were his girls: Blythe, Bailey and his wife, Sarah.
"This is awesome," he said.
But today, he has to start looking for a job.
"You do a good thing and serve your country," his wife said.…

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