Collins Soldier Closer to Home

An Army sergeant from the Town of Collins, who lost his legs in a roadside bombing in Iraq in March has been moved by medical flight to a rehabilitation center in Boston. Twenty-six-year old James Hackemer had been undergoing treatment at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center. He'll eventually go to Walter Reed to be fitted for artificial limbs. Sergeant Hackemer is married with two young children. His wife was on the flight with him.