
ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York National Guardsman who had been in Iraq about a month was killed, his mother’s co-workers said.
News of the death of 21-year-old Spc. David M. Fisher shook the Albany Times-Union Wednesday, where his mother worked in the circulation department for about 10 years.
The military has not confirmed the death, and details surrounding it were sketchy.
Fisher’s mother, Victoria DiMura, received the news surrounded by her colleagues, who had been gathering items for another package to send him.
“She saw her ex-husband, John Fisher, coming toward her, and he was crying and holding his closed fists to his eyes, and she just knew,” said...