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Aventura Marketing Council’s wounded warrior receives ‘Military and Room Makeover’ BY LESLIE LOEWENTHAL
U.
S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Martin Escoto, born in Nicaragua, was a proud member of the United States Marine Corps from 2003 – 2008. Deployed to Iraq in 2004, his life changed dramatically in August, 2006. A grenade blast — a concussion — and still he ran to alert his camp of the attack. Then a bullet pierced his abdomen. A fellow soldier helped him to a Hum-V headed to Camp Fallujah for surgery. On the way to the hospital, Martin watched the Hum-V in ––––––––––––––– See
The Escoto family tests out their new couch as Leslie Loewenthal, Loewenthal PR and Dalia Berlin, Berlin Designs look on
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LEFT: Elaine Adler, Aventura Marketing Council; Dalia Berlin; Gary Pyott, The Continental Group • • • • • • • • •
RIGHT: Janette Chandler from the U.S. Army watches over her Army and Navy officers as Suddath United Van Lines arrives at the Escoto home