His mother, Malia Isaac, said her son died early Saturday - a week after doctors removed his feeding tube.
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"He smiled all week [since the tube was removed]. It was the first time. He seemed so happy, not in pain," his mother said. "I'm going to wonder for the rest of my life if I did the right thing. But I believe I did. He didn't have much of a life anymore. It was time to let go."
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"... the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." Proverb 12:10
How does anyone know that this young Marine in his early 20's would never have improved in his condition ? Here was a young man who was even capable of smiling ! Like Terri Schiavo, his life came to be considered unworthy of life, and so he was intentionally starved to deathby the removal of his source of nutrition, an act that would kill any of us.
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir.,Columbia Christians for Life
Columbia, SC
July 10, 2007
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Marine dies after boot-camp accident 4 years ago
The Associated Press
The funeral will be held Wednesday for a Peachtree City native who had little brain activity after nearly drowning at a Marine Corps boot camp in South Carolina four years ago.
The case involving Josh Isaac drew criticism about how the U.S. Department of Defense trains its service members.
His mother, Malia Isaac, said her son died early Saturday - a week after doctors removed his feeding tube. His father, Keith Isaac, and 19-year-old sister Jill also were there.
Isaac decided to join the Marines after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Two days after graduating from McIntosh High School in Fayette County in 2003, he went to Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, S.C.
On June 30, 2003, his platoon took part in a routine combat survival class at a Parris Island pool.
Marine Corps investigator say he fell limp in the water moments after jumping off a 10-foot-tall platform and stopped breathing.
He was treated at hospitals and for the past three years had been at Dogwood Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fairburn.
His funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mowell Funeral Home with a reception following at the Peachtree City Fire Department, where Isaac volunteered in high school.
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Once-proud Marine loses final battle
Josh Isaac, who signed up after 9/11, was crippled in an accident during survival training at boot camp. The end came Saturday.
By Chandler Brown
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/09/07
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Josh Isaac, the Peachtree City native who had been in a coma-like state after he nearly drowned at Marine Corps boot camp four years ago, was a fighter.
In the years that followed the accident, Isaac had countless brushes with death as he lay in a south Fulton County nursing home, unable to speak or eat on his own.
Isaac died at 4:31 a.m. Saturday, [June 30] his mother, Malia Isaac, said. It was a week after doctors removed his feeding tube.
In an inch-thick report, the Marine Corps determined Isaac likely suffered from hypoxia - prolonged oxygen deprivation - because his breathing muscles were temporarily paralyzed. Isaac went without air to his brain for at least eight to 10 minutes, which could result in irreversible damage, according to the report.
Isaac's parents and sister wept when his breathing tubes were removed at 8:16 a.m. June 30. It was four years to the minute after his accident.
"He smiled all week [since the tube was removed]. It was the first time. He seemed so happy, not in pain," his mother said. "I'm going to wonder for the rest of my life if I did the right thing. But I believe I did. He didn't have much of a life anymore. It was time to let go."
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