I should have followed up this heroic story sooner:

"Oakfield Residents React To Heroic Tale Of Survival", WGRZ.com, 7/3/07:

By early Tuesday evening, everyone heard about Oakfield native Steven Cianfrini's heroic tale of survival more than 6,000 miles away in Iraq.

"It's absolutely incredible. And I wouldn't expect anything less from someone from Oakfield," said Heather Gayton.¹

Nor would I. That's small-town bravado.

¹ Funny thing, I don't know Ms. Gayton, though she serves as eucharistic minister at my hometown parish!