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this one was really tough! Last night I was privileged to cover a candlelight tribute event held at a local Royal Canadian Legion to honour Canadian servicemen who have been lost to suicide as a result of PTSD. The event consisted of a reading of the Honour Roll, and candles being lit by surviving family members or close friends. The family members / friends were escorted by local Sea and Navy League Cadets (Youth from11 - 18) who did an outstanding job.
It was a very emotional evening, especially for those who've lost comrades this way. I'm lucky; while some of my friends have been carried off the back of aircraft in aluminum boxes, none have suffered this way You think you're big and tough and then you realize that the man at the podium, leading the service, who spent his military career jumping out of the back of perfectly good airplanes into really, really nasty places is crying...
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It was a very emotional evening, especially for those who've lost comrades this way. I'm lucky; while some of my friends have been carried off the back of aircraft in aluminum boxes, none have suffered this way You think you're big and tough and then you realize that the man at the podium, leading the service, who spent his military career jumping out of the back of perfectly good airplanes into really, really nasty places is crying...
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