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UN Guard Who Died A Hero To Be Buried In Miami

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Nov 7, 2009 9:37 am US/Eastern

UN Guard Who Died A Hero To Be Buried In Miami

MIAMI (AP) ― A United Nations security guard killed in Afghanistan will be buried in his hometown of Miami.

Louis Maxwell Jr., 27, is scheduled to be buried Saturday. He was killed fighting Taliban attackers at a hotel in Afghanistan last month and was hailed as a hero by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Maxwell and another guard held off the attackers for more than an hour even though they were outmanned and outgunned.

Maxwell, a 2000 graduate of Miami Central High School, was the only American to die in the siege that left 11 people dead, including the attackers. The other guard, from Ghana, was also killed.

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Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com

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