FALLEN G.I.S BEST PALS Tearful families recall friendship METRO Edition

THE TWO QUEENS soldiers killed together in Iraq last week when a bomb tore apart their Humvee were close buddies who shared parallel lives. Specs. [Wai Lwin Azhar Ali] and Azhar Ali were both 27, spent their early years in distant lands - Lwin in Myanmar, Ali in Pakistan - before coming to America w...

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Published inDaily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)
Main Author LORETTA CHAO, LESLIE CASIMIR and MAKI BECKER DAILY NEWS WRITERS With Rick Harrison
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 06.03.2005
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Ali, Wai Lwin Azhar
Ali, Zulfiqar
Lwin, Zaw
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Summary:THE TWO QUEENS soldiers killed together in Iraq last week when a bomb tore apart their Humvee were close buddies who shared parallel lives. Specs. [Wai Lwin Azhar Ali] and Azhar Ali were both 27, spent their early years in distant lands - Lwin in Myanmar, Ali in Pakistan - before coming to America with their families to begin anew in New York City. "He talked to [Lwin] a lot," Zulfiqar Ali said. "That's his friend. Sometimes, [Ali] would not have a car, so [Lwin] would come and pick up my brother." Just a few miles away in Douglaston, where Lwin's family grieved over his loss, Lwin's father, [Zaw Lwin], recalled that his son introduced him to Ali at the National Guard Armory on Lexington Ave. and often mentioned his friend during phone calls home from Iraq.