Home Coming Story aired: Friday, March 16, 2007
The Pentagon has banned the media from taking pictures of military caskets returning from war since 1991, citing concern for the privacy of grieving families and friends of the dead soldiers. So it's rare that an average citizen would catch a glimpse of a military casket these days. John McSheffrey was on board a Delta Airlines flight 1220 coming from Atlanta to Boston when he noticed that the plane contained the coffin of a dead soldier making his last journey home from Iraq. John took photos of the casket with his cell phone and wrote an essay.
Guests:
John McSheffrey
SPECIAL FEATURE:
See cellphone photos of the soldier's coffin arriving at Logan.
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