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Iowa Airman's Funeral Draws Hundreds to Streets
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) -- Hundreds of people lined the streets outside an Ottumwa church to show their support for an airman killed last month in Afghanistan when a bomb exploded.

The mourners and well-wishers crowded the intersection where St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church is located. The Ottumwa Courier reports that inside, family members of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Hamski attended a funeral Mass for the 28-year-old Ottumwa man.

Debbie Carnahan Coleman was in the crowd Saturday, holding a flag in support of Hamski. She worked as a teacher's aide when Hamski was a student. She described him as ``a good kid'' who ``never got into any trouble.''

Hamski graduated from Ottumwa High School in 2001 and briefly attended Iowa State University before joining the Air Force.

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06 04 11 by Newsroom
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