A Marine who survived nine months in Afghanistan without a scratch was killed by a car as he darted across 12th Avenue frantically trying to make his curfew early yesterday, sources said.
Cpl. Steven Jorgenson -- in town for Fleet Week and dressed in full uniform -- was minutes away from his 1 a.m. check-in when he exited a cab at West 49th Street with several other Marines and sprinted toward the Hudson, where the USS Iwo Jima was docked.
"I figured if he made it through Afghanistan, he would be all right," Jorgenson's heartbroken father, Charles, told The Post.
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CORPORAL STEVEN JORGENSON, USMC
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