Subhead
Fort White man given year to live after injuries in Iraq 20 years ago.
-
Pete Herrick, surrounded by friends and family, reacts after firing a breath-powered .308 rifle to set off a stack of cakes filled with Tannerite binary explosives Saturday during his ‘Alive Party.’ Herrick, a Fort White man, was seriously injured during Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 years ago today. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
FORT WHITE — For the last 17 years, Pete Herrick has hosted a party every spring. The Navy veteran, who served in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, describes the party as “humbling.”
Herrick, a…