Clements (left) looks on as her mother, Kim Wyatt, is embraced by Russ Contractor at the Zachary & Elizabeth Fisher House on the grounds of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. Contractor is a civilian contractor who needed a ride in Iraq, and Clements gave him her seat in the truck that was later hit by the roadside bomb. Contractor was uninjured in the blast.
Jim Gehrz
Star Tribune
Published August 6, 2004
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