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Yankton, SD Engineer going back to
Kurdistan-Iraq
15.3.2006
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As violence continues to
plague Iraq, many military men and women are now on
their second tour of duty.
But, there's a Siouxland man who's headed for a
third tour... and he's not even in the military.
Gary York works at Yankton, South Dakota's Gavins
Point Dam.
But, over the last few years, this civil engineer
has helped restore electricity to parts of the
war-torn country.
But, on Christmas Eve, 2004, he took a bullet in the
head... the target of insurgents. While lucky to be
alive, he decided during his recovery he needed to
go back. "After the first time I felt cheated out of
an opportunity to finish what I started," York said.
This week he'll go back to Iraq. But, this time,
he'll be stationed away from the violence in the
northern Iraqi province of Kurdistan. "Four bombings
happens every day in Baghdad, to say that there were
four bombings in the Kurdistan region in a year, it
says a lot about the security of that region," York
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Gary York oversees $300-million in contracts as the
resident engineer in Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
Photo: KTIV |
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As Resident Engineer, in Kurdistan, York oversees
$300-million in contracts.
They're building hospitals, police stations, and
schools. The work he and others like him are doing,
may go unnoticed here in the United States, but it
is making a difference. "I'd love to take people out
back with me and say here we built this substation,
we finished this transmission line, we've
constructed this police station," York said. "Some
of that's really great stuff, it's really great
stuff."
Positive changes affecting him and others
half-a-world away.
York will finish up in September, and he's not
ruling out a fourth trip to Iraq next year.
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