48 Hours
Waiting on Women Warriors: Jessica Lynch
TV-14
S16 • E27 Mar 30, 2003 60mTo her best friend Miriah Duckworth, Jessi Lynch is everything from a not-so-aspiring athlete to a beauty queen, reports Jane Clayson.
"She could throw up her hair up and look gorgeous, go out and win Ms. Congeniality," says Duckworth.
To her father Greg, she is a source of pride.
"She's a wonderful girl. Always put others before herself in any situation," he says.
And to the U.S. Army, she is Private First Class Jessica Lynch, a supply clerk, one of thousands of women now serving in the war. But after a fierce battle last Saturday night, March 23, near the southern city of Nasiriyah, Jessi became one of only two women officially listed as missing in action.
"She could throw up her hair up and look gorgeous, go out and win Ms. Congeniality," says Duckworth.
To her father Greg, she is a source of pride.
"She's a wonderful girl. Always put others before herself in any situation," he says.
And to the U.S. Army, she is Private First Class Jessica Lynch, a supply clerk, one of thousands of women now serving in the war. But after a fierce battle last Saturday night, March 23, near the southern city of Nasiriyah, Jessi became one of only two women officially listed as missing in action.