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Wounded soldier happy to be back home

By: WROC-TV
Updated: August 10, 2007
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WOUNDEDSOLDIERBACK2007-08-10-1186756990.jpgAfter being seriously wounded while serving in Iraq, a local soldier is back home. Friends and family gave a big welcome to Army Specialist Mike Vogel at the Rochester International Airport Thursday night.

Vogel broke his back when his vehicle was hit by an IED. WOUNDEDSOLDIERBACK22007-08-10-1186757041.jpg

He graduated from Rush Henrietta High School in 2002 and was stationed in Germany for a year and a half before shipping out to Iraq.

Vogel was overwhelmed at the welcoming Thursday night, "definitely shocked, I was not expecting this at all."

Vogel credits body armor for saving his life.

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