Wednesday, May 20, 2009

TAPS

Military support group founded by Alaskan featured in People <http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10392922> by Ted LandANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A grief support service for military families dealing with the loss of a loved one is featured in this week's People magazine.Alaskan Bonnie Carroll started the group TAPS -- Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.Her husband, Brig. Gen. Tom Carroll, was killed in 1992 when his Army plane crashed near Juneau.Since then she's organized a team to help more than 25,000 people who've lost a loved one in the military.Part of the article is a large photo of Bonnie Carroll and some other survivors."One of the other survivors in the photograph in People magazine is a survivor of an Alaskan out of Fort Richardson who was killed a few years ago," Carroll said in a phone interview from Washington, D.C., where she is hosting a seminar and "good grief" camp this Memorial Day weekend.

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