Two of the latest casualties of goon violence in Iraq were a pair of missionairies from Rowlett, Texas. It doesn't take much in the way of fabled Arab honor and courage to hit people like that. However, the faithful who volunteer to serve in the face of such unrelenting evil set an example for us all.
A pair of newlywed Texas missionaries were among the victims of an ambush in Mosul, Iraq, with one dying Tuesday after assailants fired automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades at their car.Posted by Alan at March 17, 2004 07:33 AMDavid McDonnall, 29, of Rowlett, northeast of Dallas, was struck by bullets and shrapnel in the attack Monday. He died Tuesday morning on the way to a military hospital in Baghdad after military surgeons worked to revive him.
His wife, Carrie Taylor McDonnall, 26, also was hit by gunfire. She was being flown by helicopter to a German military hospital Tuesday afternoon and was listed in critical condition. She was the only survivor of the attack, which killed four.
The McDonnalls were part of a team from the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention that was building a water purification system in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city.