NJ-12: Sen. Tammy Duckworth endorses House candidate who saved her life in Iraq
Physician Adam Hamawy, an Army veteran and former combat surgeon, on Thursday launched a campaign for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, a heavily Democratic seat currently represented by retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
Duckworth said in a statement that when the two first met, Hamawy had “volunteered to serve in combat and worked around the clock to save my life, just as he has for many others.”
“It is because of his sacrifice, that I’m not only alive — but I’ve been able to go on to serve my country and the people of Illinois in the United States Senate,” the senator added. “Working families in New Jersey and all across America are looking for leaders with the courage to speak truth to power, the willingness to call out injustices at home and abroad, and the determination to spend every day working to make their lives better. Dr. Hamawy is that leader, and I’m so proud to be his friend and endorse his campaign for Congress.”
The pair have known each other for more than two decades, going back to when Hamawy encountered Duckworth in Iraq in the hours after she sustained injuries that led her to lose both legs and the partial use of her right arm.
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