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Iraq
Hometown holds vigil for soldier
By Wire services
Published April 17, 2004
BATAVIA, Ohio - The hometown of an American soldier taken hostage in Iraq was decked with yellow ribbons and American flags as friends and neighbors held a vigil to show support, saying they were relieved to see video footage of him even as they worried about his safety.
Army Pfc. Keith Maupin, known as Matt, was shown on video footage Friday surrounded by five masked men holding automatic rifles. He was captured April 9.
Yellow ribbons dotted the family's neighborhood of modest one-story houses about 15 miles east of Cincinnati. Several American flags were flying outside homes.
Police closed off Main Street in downtown Batavia to accommodate the several hundred people who showed up for a vigil Friday night.
Neighbor Stella Hiltbrand displayed a yellow ribbon on her mailbox.
"I plan to get a bigger yellow ribbon and pray for him," she said. "I think that's the most important thing, to pray for him."
[Last modified April 17, 2004, 01:50:35]
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