Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 4:00 AM ads for World Series tickets asking as much as $3,500 was this: DISABLED VET IN NEED OF YANKEE TICKET - $10 (NY.) "I am a recent disabled vet from Iraqi Freedom. It would be my dream to see the Yanks play in the World Series. I don't have much money but can pay something." The vet is Justin Fuller. He is a 29-year-old Connecticut native who suffered traumatic brain injury from an improvised explosive device while serving as a Navy corpsman with the Marines on two combat tours in Iraq and a third in Afghanistan. He posted the ad hoping he might get the attention of a fellow vet or simply a kind soul with a spare ticket. He is quick to say that his ad is not an attempt to arouse pity. "I don't want anybody to feel sorry for me," he said. "I just figured there's probably a lot of nice people... [read full story]
