Marines work to save sick child

The LAT's Tony Perry, who regularly covers Marines, writes today about attempts by Marines in Iraq to save the life of a two-year old Iraqi girl who was born with a heart ailment that would have killed her within a year. Marine Sgt. Bryan Velazques took an interest in saving the girl and others helped with the result that she is to have life-saving heart surgery at Vanderbilt University. It's a wonderful story and shouldn't be missed.