BOP 2007 > Still Photography Winners > Best Published Picture Story (large markets)

1st
Joe Amon, Sun-Sentinel
2nd
Andrea Bruce, The Washington Post
3rd
Jim Gehrz, Minneapolis Star Tribune
HM
Pauline Lubens, San Jose Mercury News
Honorable Mention
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SUMMARY - U.S. Army Sgt. Frank Sandoval suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury from a roadside bomb while on patrol in Iraq in November 2005. With his wife Michelle he spent nearly nine months at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, California battling to recover. Traumatic Brain Injury is the signature wound of this war, more than the loss of limbs which predominated in other wars. Caption: Sgt. Frank Sandoval suffered a traumatic brain injury while on patrol in Iraq when pieces of a roadside bomb pierced his skull. Doctors had to remove part of his skull mostly to allow for swelling of the brain. He spent almost 9 months at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, CA fighting to recover.

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