Eyes Wide Open

Eyes Wipe Open: The Human Cost of War an exhibit at Civic Center in Downtown Denver last week was made up of 2,744 pairs of combat boots - one pair for each U.S. military death during the war in Iraq. The exhibit also features shoes representive of the lives of Irai civilians killed.
During my visit I met a colleage age woman from Vail who's brother was killed recently in Iraq. She sat next to his boots and cried and then called her mother.