America’s oldest national park ranger was beaten and robbed in her home on Wednesday the 27th. Betty Reid Soskin, 94, works as a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California. Among the possessions stolen from her home was a presidential coin given to her by President Obama. The White House has vowed to replace the coin.
(CNN) – The nation’s oldest park ranger is getting a gift from President Obama for the second time after she was attacked Monday in her Bay Area home.
National treasure Betty Reid Soskin, 94, was asleep when an intruder came into her bedroom before midnight on June 27, Richmond Police Lt. Felix Tan said. She tried to grab her cellphone but the intruder wrestled it from her before punching her in the face several times, causing her to fall to the floor, Tan…
