Ferdinand was part of the first casualities in the Green Zone in Iraq. The Green Zone was suppose to be a "safe" place where US Troops could visit and relax during their free time and feel safe.
 

The attack in the Green Zone was the first time bombers had gotten inside the 4-square-mile compound - surrounded by concrete walls, razor wire, sandbag bunkers and guard posts - and was the deadliest attack within the area since the U.S. occupation began in May 2003.

Ferdinand Ibabao, an employee of DynCorp security company, was killed in an explosion in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 14, 2004. Ibabao had been a Guam police officer. He was 36.
 

We're dying in Iraq

I can't see what’s happening.
I'm not sure if it’s real.
The bomb has gone off.
And I think I was near.

I lay on the street.
Not sure if I'm alone
I though of my son
And prayed I was home.

Is this where I'm meant to die
Will God be with me?
Will my mother see my body?
Or is there nothing to see.

I hear other voices
But not sure what to say
Are they my enemy’s,
Or my brothers who died this way.

I'm not afraid to die.
I'm just sad not to see.
Iraqis loving freedom
As much as you and me.

When tomorrow starts,
And I'm not there to see.
Please understand
FREEDOME isn't free.