Not long ago I wrote a post about my friend Manal and her quest to find a US Marine who had welcomed her and her family to safety in Beirut in 2006. https://chrishernandezauthor.com/2013/10/21/joyful-hopes-painful-reminders/ The Marine, a then-Lance Corporal named Wilks, went out of his way to make them feel safe in the US Embassy compound. […]