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The Catch

Cary and Cannon hang out in the driveway. (Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet/composite (cutout) by Sammie W. King)

The Catch

Cannon, who loves airplanes, took his first "flight" when he pushed the screen out of the second-story window and both he and the screen went airborne. (Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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The Catch

Two year-old, Cannon Jamison, peers out the second story window from which he fell 17 feet. Thankfully, 14-year-old Cary Clevenger caught him before he hit the concrete driveway. (Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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Mk-1 Eyeball

The human eye: the best piece of ?equipment? to avoid a midair collision. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Hannen/composite by David M. Stack)

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Mk-1 Eyeball

History provides a stunning analysis of midair events: Most typically take place in daylight, under good visibility, with the low-speed aircraft within 30 degrees relative bearing of the other aircraft's flight path. In other words, the aviators should see each other, but often don't. (photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen/composite by David M. Stack)

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The Scorpion Queen

With her daughter, who will be 2 in May, Munro-Harris said her brush with death made her focus on what's really important in life...family. (Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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The Scorpion Queen

With no antivenin at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, Munro-Harris had to be aerial medevaced by an Army UH-69 Black Hawk to Joint Balad, Iraq. A flight surgeon kept her alive long enough to reach Balad, but he thought that she might end up with brain damage. (USAF photo)

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The Scorpion Queen

Staff Sgt. Monique Munro-Harris felt something crawling on her left ear, just before being stung while deployed in Iraq. (Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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The Scorpion Queen

Staff Sgt. Monique Munro-Harris felt something crawling on her left ear, just before being stung while deployed in Iraq. (Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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Hearts Apart

With rocket-propelled grenades blasting all around his convoy during an enemy ambush, the scene Golden witnessed was similar to this training exercise, which mimics a grenade attack. (Courtesy Photo by Army National Guard)

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Hearts Apart

When traveling in convoys, Golden (second from right) would ride with an Army explosive ordnance disposal team in their armored vehicle. Here he points to the spot where an armor-piercing round struck during an ambush while he'd been manning the turret. (Courtesy Photo)

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Hearts Apart

Still bloodied and bandaged, Capt. David Golden was able to return to duty the next day after an enemy 107 mm rocket exploded 8 feet from him at Zerok, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2008. (Courtesy Photo)

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Hearts Apart

Still bloodied and bandaged (above), Capt. David Golden was able to return to duty the next day after an enemy 107 mm rocket exploded 8 feet from him at Zerok, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2008. At right, Golden stands in front of the mortar pit at the Zerok combat outpost where he was talking to the crew just moments before the rocket attack. He and the entire mortar pit crew were injured, but all survived and eventually returned to duty. (Courtesy Photo)

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Hearts Apart

Golden meets Odessa for the first time at the San Antonio airport as he returns home after spending six months on the front lines fighting the war on terrorism. (Courtesy Photo)

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Heart Apart

Now in Pensacola, Fla., where Golden is a flight commander helping to stand up a new combat systems officer school, he gets to enjoy playtime at the beach with Andrea and Odessa, now just over a year old. The flight surgeon who treated his wounds told him that if he hadn't been wearing his ballistic eyewear, he may never have gotten to see his baby girl. These days, Odessa holds her daddy's heart in her hand ... so to speak.(Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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Hearts Apart

Much like back home where a seat belt or a motorcycle helmet can be the difference between life and death, Capt. David Golden credits his personal protective gear for saving his life during an enemy attack in Afghanistan. "If it wasn't for my personal protective gear and training, I'm not sure I'd be here today, and I certainly wouldn't be here with my full eyesight," he said. (Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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Hearts Apart

Wounded during an enemy rocket attack in Afghanistan, a Purple Heart recipient talks about the day that almost kept him from ever returning to his young bride and 11-day-old daughter. (photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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Hearts Apart

The Capt David Golden plays with his daughter Odessa, Pensacola, FL. (US Air Force Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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Hearts Apart

The Golden family at the beach of Pensacola, FL. (US Air Force Photo by TSgt Samuel Bendet)

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The Bizarre History of Car accidents

A car hangs over a bridge in New York Central Park, 1915 (Courtesy Photo/ Library of Congress)

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