I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job.
Jessica LynchThe nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.
Jessica LynchI try to dream about peaceful things, beaches, that is what I cannot understand. Why are they chasing me?
Jessica LynchI woke up and all I could see was Iraqis standing all around me, looking down upon me. I knew at that moment something terrible had happened and I wasn't in the right place.
Jessica Lynch