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The day after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Ryan P. Green immediately took a stand to protect his country. Green passed away on March 18th while serving in the US Army from a result of injuries. Sgt. Green, who belonged to the Army’s First Cavalry division, was on a combat foot patrol in Baghdad last Thursday when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit. Green’s leg was amputated in Iraq, but after further surgeries in northern Iraq he stabilized. Unfortunately that situation changed, and he died during transport to a hospital in Germany. “My son, Sgt. Ryan Patrick Green, was an incredible gift, and he impacted many lives in his short time with us. He was the light of my life, but such an incredible joy. His greatest gift was his ability to touch those people who came in contact with him—somehow, being wiser than his years could’ve attested to. One Sept. 12, 2001, the day after 9/11, he showed up at my door and expressed his desire to immediately join the armed forces. But he needed my permission to do so … Not because he was too young to join, but because he wanted to make sure that I was OK with that. What he didn’t know was that when I heard about 9/11 (the day of), I knew that was exactly what he was going to do. I was blessed with the insight on that day, that all the guys in service are someone’s son, and that I didn’t have the right to hold him back if this was what he desired. Not once have I ever regretted his decision. My family was brought up believe that it was God, country and family – in that order. The Army made my already terrific son a better son … And over the years I have been proud to be able to step back and look at him with a pride that surpasses anything that I could have ever imagined. God Bless America and our fine people who volunteer so proudly to serve her," Lynda Kagan. "God, country and family. Those are the three words we instilled in him," said his stepfather, Craig Kagan, who also served in the Army. "He believed so much in our country."Ryan is so missed and still so loved. Family and friends have been supportive for one another in the aftermath of one of the most unbelievably, amazing guys passing. |
