Iraqi Attorney Who Aided Rescue Honored

An Iraqi lawyer who helped U.S. forces in the rescue of Jessica Lynch toured the soldier’s hometown of Palestine and visited a garden planted in his honor.

“I will not forget. It will stay with me, in my mind, in my heart,” said Mohammed al-Rehaief as he helped plant a ceremonial yellow mum.

But al-Rehaief was unable to meet with Lynch during a four-day tour of the state.

The Lynch family’s attorney, Stephen Goodwin, said the 20-year-old former Army supply clerk was too busy rehabilitating and attending commitments related to next month’s release of her book, “I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story.”