Given that there is a thread about golf rage in Alberta, in order to ensure fairness and a sense of balance, here is an article about something far worse in Manitoba:
Marine on leave attacked in The Pas
Last Updated May 10 2005 07:47 AM CDT
CBC News
WINNIPEG – Cpl. Leonard Anderson survived seven months in Fallujah, Iraq, without a scratch – but after just three days on leave in The Pas, the U.S. marine is fighting for his life after a vicious attack.
Anderson had returned home to visit friends and family, and he was booked to speak at several schools in the The Pas area to thank the children for sending cards and letters of support during his tour of duty with the U.S. Marine Corps.
FROM OCT. 25, 2004: Support my marine, says mom
Instead, Anderson was flown to Winnipeg for medical treatment after what police believe was a gang-related fight outside a local bar. His lung was punctured and his kidney and liver were cut with what is believed to be a machete.
"He's in a lot of pain and he had to be really quiet, because they said the organs need time to heal," says Anderson's mother, Marlene Starr.
Starr says her son was out to a local bar with some friends when a fight broke out. She says Anderson was watching the scuffle when he was hit from behind.
"There was a commotion in the crowd and he was standing on his tiptoes to see what it was about and that's when he was hit from behind with a machete," says Starr.
RCMP believe the fight was between alleged gang members and another patron of the bar. At least three other people were also injured in the melee.
Starr expects her son to be in hospital for the next seven to 10 days, and away from the marines for the next three months.
RCMP have charged a 26-year-old man from The Pas in the incident.
Pretty Sad.
Marine on leave attacked in The Pas
Last Updated May 10 2005 07:47 AM CDT
CBC News
WINNIPEG – Cpl. Leonard Anderson survived seven months in Fallujah, Iraq, without a scratch – but after just three days on leave in The Pas, the U.S. marine is fighting for his life after a vicious attack.
Anderson had returned home to visit friends and family, and he was booked to speak at several schools in the The Pas area to thank the children for sending cards and letters of support during his tour of duty with the U.S. Marine Corps.
FROM OCT. 25, 2004: Support my marine, says mom
Instead, Anderson was flown to Winnipeg for medical treatment after what police believe was a gang-related fight outside a local bar. His lung was punctured and his kidney and liver were cut with what is believed to be a machete.
"He's in a lot of pain and he had to be really quiet, because they said the organs need time to heal," says Anderson's mother, Marlene Starr.
Starr says her son was out to a local bar with some friends when a fight broke out. She says Anderson was watching the scuffle when he was hit from behind.
"There was a commotion in the crowd and he was standing on his tiptoes to see what it was about and that's when he was hit from behind with a machete," says Starr.
RCMP believe the fight was between alleged gang members and another patron of the bar. At least three other people were also injured in the melee.
Starr expects her son to be in hospital for the next seven to 10 days, and away from the marines for the next three months.
RCMP have charged a 26-year-old man from The Pas in the incident.
Pretty Sad.
