Oh, my God, I know Captain Trevor Greene.

[tuvor]

I didn't know the name of the Canadian soldier attacked with an axe in Afghanistan this past weekend until I heard it on CBC radio this morning just as I was ramping onto the highway.

I worked with him for almost the better part of a year at a dot-com in 2000. I didn't get to know him really well, but our respective jobs overlapped now and then, and it was always a pleasure to work with him. He was so genuine and decent.

Any time I've signed off a post with "Cheers," I've thought of him, because his version of goodbye was "Cheers, mate!"

The injuries were severe, but I'm praying he makes a full recovery.



Edit to add photo and also to mention that Trevor also wrote "Bad Date," the first book about the prostitutes who went missing in Vancouver's Downtown East Side.

[Spazito]

1. It certainly brings it home even more strongly when one knows an

injured or killed soldier. I fear there will be many more now that the Canadian mission has changed.

[Minstrel Boy]

2. Damn it, that's awful. n/t

[CHIMO]

3. Wounded Canadian soldier improving after axe attack

Wounded Canadian soldier improving after axe attack
Last Updated Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:00:35 EST
CBC News

The outlook is improving for a Canadian soldier who underwent surgery on Monday after being ambushed with an axe blow to the head in Afghanistan, a military doctor says.

Doctors operated on Capt. Trevor Greene at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany on Monday.

Maj. Nick Withers, a Canadian medical officer at the hospital, said Greene's surgery "went extremely well" and he was in intensive care in a medically induced coma.

"His condition has stabilized but he remains in critical condition, but we're much happier than we were eight hours ago," Withers said.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/03/06/greene-landstuhl.html

[tuvor]

4. Thanks so much, CHIMO. That's great news.

This is bothering me a lot more than I would've expected.

[CHIMO]

6. You're Welcome

Saw the report and thought that I should bring it in.

[Spazito]

5. That is good news, thanks, CHIMO