‘No way there’s a God,’ a Marine home from Iraq said before killing himself
Chris McDonald, a Marine reservist who came home a mess from Iraq, told his father that the things he had seen there were so bad, "There’s no way there’s a God." He eventually shot himself dead. Sometimes there is so much pain. Todd South of the Chattanooga Times Free Press did the heartbreaking story. South ...
Chris McDonald, a Marine reservist who came home a mess from Iraq, told his father that the things he had seen there were so bad, "There's no way there's a God." He eventually shot himself dead.
Chris McDonald, a Marine reservist who came home a mess from Iraq, told his father that the things he had seen there were so bad, "There’s no way there’s a God." He eventually shot himself dead.
Sometimes there is so much pain.
Todd South of the Chattanooga Times Free Press did the heartbreaking story. South is a former Marine, by the way.
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