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April 21, 2008
Kerry honors Purple Heart recipient at Fenway


(NECN: Brad Puffer, Boston, Mass.) - Massachusetts Senator John Kerry on Monday pinned the Purple Heart on Private First Class Sean Bannon in a pregame ceremony at the mound as Curt Schilling stood beside them.

Bannon, 22, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, was critically wounded by an IED in Iraq. He has spent the last month at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Bannon requested that Kerry, a fellow Purple Heart recipient, do the honors of presenting him with the medal and asked that the Senator ask the Red Sox if he would be able to receive the award at home plate.

The Red Sox organization was happy to help honor one of our nation's brave Patriots on Patriots Day.

Bannon then threw the ceremonial first pitch to Schilling.

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