One big dumb truck, One little smart antenna.

 
Oh yeah, I forgot - those pictures also have my debut as a low-buck cameraman for the Today show in there, too.
posted by Jake at 4/10/2003 11:23:28 PM

 
Well, we finally made it into Baghdad today. We saw a lot of people looting on the way up here, and waving to us as we drove past. We also drove through the scene of the firefight that Craig was in and filmed. The entire area was a total mess - burned vehicles, including even an M1 tank, littered about a 1/8 mile square. It was certainly a nasty mess. I didn't get any pictures of that because I was driving at the time. I did manage to get the camera out a bit later and take some pictures while I was driving - Bob was running a video camera at the time, so he couldn't take still photos either. The photos with the statues and the mural are at the Baath party museum, right next to their headquarters. The big building with the arched gate is one of the palaces. We hope to get into the palace tomorrow sometime for a tour.

Pictures

posted by Jake at 4/10/2003 11:11:10 PM

 
We moved to another location today. I took lots of photos of the Medina division complex, and as many pictures of things I saw along the way to our new location. We are closer to Baghdad now - that's all I'll say. There were at least a dozen tanks that had been taken out by air strikes along the way (all Iraqi). Yeah, that's a picture of cows, too. The last few are at the new location - my new neighbors are 4 M1A1 Abrams tanks and 4 Bradley fighting vehicles. Looks like our property value is secure. Pictures are here
posted by Jake at 4/6/2003 10:26:47 PM

 
David Bloom passed away shortly after my last post. We're still in shock about what happened. It happened so fast that we still don't really have a grasp on it. He will be dearly missed by us here. God bless him and his family.
posted by Jake at 4/6/2003 10:22:06 PM

 
Exciting morning, but not in a good way at all. David Bloom just got evacuated on a stretcher. He wasn't drinking enough water yesterday, and he passed out on the way to the other vehicle. Fortunately for him, Craig, the cameraman saw him go down, so they were able to begin first aid almost immediately. It took a couple of minutes to find a medic, but they were able to give him an IV and got a vehicle to take him to the medic's location within 10 minutes or so. We still don't have a clear idea of what happened exactly, but he's in good hands.
posted by Jake at 4/6/2003 08:43:20 AM