A military contractor has fired Tami Silicio, a
Kuwait-based cargo worker whose photograph of flag-draped coffins of
fallen U.S. soldiers was published in Sunday's edition of The Seattle
Times. Silicio was let go yesterday for violating U.S. government and
company regulations, said William Silva, president of Maytag Aircraft,
the contractor that employed Silicio at Kuwait International Airport.
"I feel like I was hit in the chest with a steel bar and got my wind
knocked out. I have to admit I liked my job, and I liked what I did,"
Silicio said.
Her photograph, taken earlier this month, shows more than 20
flag-draped coffins in a cargo plane about to depart from Kuwait. Since
1991, the Pentagon has banned the media from taking pictures of caskets
being returned to the United States.
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Maytag also fired David Landry, a co-worker who recently wed Silicio.