Good morning everyone. Well it appears I need to do a retraction on something I told you about a couple days ago. As some of you may remember I told you about a young man who had supposedly been injured in Afghanistan while serving in the military and as a consequence of his supposed injuries, now talked with a stutter but could sing beautifully. Not only was I touched by his story but so were the judges and audience members. I'm guessing, but have no way of knowing, that NBC will more than likely kick him off the show after all this has come to light but if they don't you can bet the voters will. Anyway, here is just one of the news stories I read about this. :(
A contestant on "America's Got Talent" gained sympathy from the judges and applause from the audience when he described suffering a TBI in Afghanistan, but the military says it has no record of him being injured, The Associated Press reported.
In his appearance Monday on the NBC talent competition, Timothy Michael Poe told judge Howie Mandel he had served in the military for 14 years but "my career was cut short" by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan.
"By the time I turned and went to jump on my guys, I yelled 'grenade' and the blast had hit me," he says in his audition video, which was aired along with the judges' interview before Poe sang. He said his stutter was due to the brain injury he suffered in the blast, along with a broken back.
The studio audience responded to his declaration of military service with thunderous applause, and judges Mandel and Sharon Osbourne appeared shocked and sympathetic while he spoke.However, the Minnesota National Guard told AP on Tuesday Poe had served in the Guard for nine years, working as a supply specialist, and was not injured in the month he was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009.
"We looked very closely at his record," spokesman Lt. Col. Kevin Olson told AP. "We did not find something to substantiate what he said."
An NBC spokesman told AP the network and Poe would have no comment.
Hello everyone, I've had a very stressful day today. My oldest brother had heart surgery beginning at 9:00 this morning and lasting until 3:00 this afternoon and I couldn't concentrate very well during this time. He's now out and everything seems to be fine. This was originally planned for next Thursday the 14th but the hospital called yesterday afternoon and told him to be there this morning. I had planned on going to Tennessee next week to be there during his surgery but sometimes plans get changed and we have no control over it but the good thing is it's now over with and he's on the road to recovery. :)
Quote:Hello everyone, I've had a very stressful day today. My oldest brother had heart surgery beginning at 9:00 this morning and lasting until 3:00 this afternoon and I couldn't concentrate very well during this time. He's now out and everything seems to be fine. This was originally planned for next Thursday the 14th but the hospital called yesterday afternoon and told him to be there this morning. I had planned on going to Tennessee next week to be there during his surgery but sometimes plans get changed and we have no control over it but the good thing is it's now over with and he's on the road to recovery. :)