Tragedy

Even though I knew one of my childhood friends (William Salikin) held a role in the restructuring of Afghanistan, the severity of risk that he was facing every single day was never really clear in my mind. Every once and a while, I would hear about an explosion or attack involving Canadians and immediately think that he might have been involved. Fortunately, he was never affected...until today.

The exact details of his condition were not disclosed, but CBC has reported that a suicide car bomber ran into the convoy that was carrying a Candian Diplomat, Glyn Berry. Mr. Berry was killed (the first Canadian diplomat to be killed abroad, says Foreign Affairs) and three other soldiers were critically injured, including Will.

I sincerely hope that he is OK. Apparently he will be transferred to a US Military Base in Germany for further treatment. My thoughts are with you, Will.