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Information about 12 people Duncan rescued is placed at the Memorial of victims of 1993, in just 5 minutes of going from the White House, Moscow. Would a photo of it do as a source? ellol (talk) 08:43, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that would do nicely. Also, I'm having trouble finding sources. Anything relevant looks to be in Russian. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 09:06, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gnews archive searching gets sources like these:[1], [2], [3], [4]. (See [5] also).

He received a medal from Clinton or Yeltsin "The parents of 1993 law school graduate Terry Michael Duncan accepted a President's Medal for their son, who was killed last fall during an uprising by government opponents in Russia. Duncan, who had moved to Moscow last summer to start a law firm, saved the lives of several people .." [6] , see also [7].

A gbooks search gets a mention in a book by a US Secretary of State, among others. So I am unprodding. WP:ONEVENT is not in any case a reason for deletion, but rather for merges and redirects.John Z (talk) 19:01, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and nice job. You had much better luck than I did. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 19:25, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:Trein - I changed the page from fiance to girlfriend, because it was a common mistake in the reporting of the time that he was engaged. Mike and his girlfriend had discussed mariage but were never engaged. The engagement myth got started by his girlfriend, after his death, who exagerated, which I believe was because of her grief. I mean no disrespect to her. I know this because I was Mike's roommate before he went to Moscow and a close friend of his (and the girlfriends). —Preceding undated comment added 04:17, 3 July 2009 (UTC).

Shooting

Mr Duncan was shot in the head. A sniper did not shoot his head - but shot him in the head. Apart from the poor grammar, this is not inconsistent with him being hit by a "casual bullet", as is implied. The bullet may have come from the sniper, but there is no indication he was deliberately targeted. Incidentally it would most probably have been a bullet from a soldier, not a sniper. There is an unfortunate tendency to call all riflemen snipers.Royalcourtier (talk) 05:28, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]