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Photographer Captures Last Pic of Soldier & His Infant Daughter Just Days Before His Tragic Death

Byron Greff Photographed With Daughter Brielle Days Before Death

Master Cpl. Byron Greff

Life is short. This is a lesson many of us often hear, but so few retain. It‘s easy to get caught up in life’s chaos and messiness, but Master Cpl. Byron Greff‘s story is a reminder that it’s important to cherish the people in our lives who matter most.

Just days before the Canadian soldier was set to deploy to Afghanistan, photographer Erik Hornung took his intern, Laura, to Greff’s home to take some pictures of his newborn baby. While the experience seemed like a standard, run-of-the-mill photography shoot, little did Hornung know that he would be taking the last professional picture of the father with his baby girl.

Tragically, Greff was among 17 people who perished in an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, over the weekend. Following the incident, during which a suicide bomber slammed a van containing explosives into a NATO bus, the Taliban claimed responsibility.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has since offered praise to Greff for boldly serving his nation. ”Master Cpl. Greff paid the ultimate price serving his country. His life and death serves as an example of the bravery and outstanding dedication of Canadian Armed Forces members on this mission,” Harper said in a statement.

It was just days before this horrific development that Greff was at home, relaxing in Canada and preparing to deploy. While Hornung originally had no plans to photograph the soldier, something compelled him to do so anyway. He describes what led him to take a family photo of Greff, his wife Lindsay and their baby, Brielle (emphasis mine):

After spending some time photographing mom and Brielle, I don’t know why, but I thought to myself that since I have come all the way out here we might as well get dad in the room for one shot. Again – interrupting him from his sports highlights and last moments of relaxation as he was scheduled to be back in Afghanistan in a few days – he agreed and joined his wife and came into the nursery. It didn’t help my cause that I asked him to remove his ball cap, and then bluntly telling him that he’ll need to go fix his hat hair in the bathroom. He came back, and I rushed through a few shots as quickly as possible to keep the peace between us. Immediately after those final shots Brielle started to cry, and cry loudly! We left Brielle with Dad to take care of business as I packed up my gear and Lindsay saw us to the door.

As terribly sad as the events have been, Hornung hopes that the picture of Greff and his family will assist, even to a small degree, in Lindsay’s mourning process. He goes on to write:

This is the first time I have ever fully realized the power of our minds, instincts, and gut feelings. As disinterested as Byron was in having his photo taken, something made me go through the uncomfortable efforts of interrupting him from his sports, taking off his cap, and fixing his hair for just three clicks of the shutter.

Below, see the last professional image that was taken of Greff and his family (minus one child who was in school that day):

Byron Greff Photographed With Daughter Brielle Days Before Death

Image Credit: Erik Hornung

(H/T: Fark)

Comments (102)

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  • Anniecat
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:59am

    Such love. I can only cry for the loss this family suffers.

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    • twistin
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:18am

      MotoNut, I couldn’t agree more. the last time we fought a war “to win” we carpet bombed Dresden and Nuked Hiroshima. After WWII, we were the heroes.

      Winning is Everything! Losing is just losing, man. Why doesn’t the U.S. think about the consequences of Losing….?

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    • jimroc
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:51am

      Twisten
      The U.S. citizens do.
      The pols do not. They only think about reelection.
      I hate pols and governments.
      Let them think about giving that info to mothers and wifes.
      I am so sorry. Please forgive us.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:10pm

      The counterpart to the palestinians calling their freedom fighters martyrs. Only this guy wasn’t occupied .he might still be alive today had he not volunteered to go kill people for his religion Americanism.A manipulated gull-unlike the palestinians who really are occupied and unlike the noble iriqi resistence fighters who really were invaded-same with the afghans!This guy lived by the sword and died by the sword-jumping on the go kill muslims bandwagon.label him a hero all you want -the real heroes are the victims of american agression who fight back to defend their homelands and the noble palestinians who defend against illigal israeli occupation and racist land grabs[building settlements for zionists born in bkly and displacing the native population].

       
    • pulpiteer
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:33pm

      the truth about the “occupation” of palestine

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAuBc_cbXo0&feature=player_embedded

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    • pavepaws
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:40pm

      Nice work Mr. Hornung. Good instincts.
      .

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    • db321
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:26pm

      I agree Brilliant Photography – however, it hard for me to see it in detail – I seem to have a lot fluid in my eyes. It must be the Pollen in the air – God bless this little girl and her entire family. The Lord comforts those that morn – when she is older – may this photo comfort her all the days of her life.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:50pm

      @Rose Ellen, You are truly a vile human being. If you cannot see the difference between an American soldier that is fighting to give freedom and rights to a population that is ruled by evil cowardly bastards and the suicidal martyrs of mohammad, you are worthless. Furthermore you are doing a disservice to your religion and helping to perpetrate the belief that muslems are indifferent to human life and values. You do not deserve to live in a Country such as ours where you are not summarily executed and persecuted solely for your religious beliefs,such as the nation states of islam.

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    • arx
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:49pm

      rose ellen, what do you think of that ‘noble’ palestinian who murdered that jewish family, including an infant? No BS, just a straight answer.

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    • SrNCO8
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:06am

      Rose-Ellen,
      I have watched your deranged and twisted rants for some time on this site and needless to say I have actually felt pity for you, that is until today. I am stationed in Kabul Afghanistan, and I was about 500 meters away from where this hero and 16 others were violently murdered by cowards with zero regard for human life. I felt the explosion, saw the smoke and watched the tears stream down the faces of their comrades in arms. I saw the look of grief on the faces of the other Soldiers in the convoy as they struggled to come to terms with the fact that their friends had been killed before their eyes. I can tell you the story of how a Soldier with tears in his eyes carried the body of a military service dog out of the wreckage of that bus with the same reverence that was given to the fine men and women that perished. You say that these people “lived by the sword, and died by the sword”? Did you know them, any of them? Did you know that over half of them were civilians just trying to make a living so that they could feed their families? Did you know that the one woman who was killed was a Muslim, who was adored by the other members of the company she worked for? Maybe you were there when one of her friends with tears in his eyes placed a single pink rose at the base of her picture the day of the memorial?

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    • SrNCO8
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:07am

      Perhaps you can explain to me why a doctor who was guilty of nothing more than helping others cope with their stresses deserved to die, or better yet explain it to his family. Rose_Ellen, you know not of what you speak but I do. I was there, I saw and felt their pain, I knew these people, worked with them, spoke with them and I promise you none of them deserved what happened to them. Maybe one day Rose_Ellen you will wake up and learn to be grateful for this wonderful gift of life that you have been given, a life with freedoms that have been bought and paid for with the blood, sweat and tears of people who are far better than you. May God forgive you your ignorance and take pity on your wretched soul.

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    • motonutt
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:31am

      @THE BLAZE….Why did you remove my post from yesterday twice? and the posters that responded to it?

      There was no curse words, I was stateing the fact that we are putting our men and women in harms way and for what reason? That we are tip-toeing around not killing the enemy, and using our soldiers as bait for IED’s…and that get’s deleted twice? Or is is Tokyo Rose reporting the post and you just remove it? She is the one that should be removed.

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    • Crusty Thong
      Posted on November 3, 2011 at 2:15pm

      @ Rose-Ellen

      He was a Canadian in the Canadian Armed Forces you bone head.
      Read much?

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  • Stacey
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:53am

    no words…..just tears

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:22am

      Stacey
      Exactly,,,,,,so sad and such a senseless loss of life.

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  • Embrace Liberty
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:48am

    Brielle will never know her father, but I hope that this one photo, that almost did not happen, will give her some comfort. It is always heartbreaking when a child loses a parent. I hope that Cpl. Greff will be his daughter’s guardian angel and keep her safe in this dangerous and scary world.

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  • mbriz
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:26am

    Stop the heartbreaking madness, bring our heros home.

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  • sy212
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:22am

    I have a son that goes to Afghanistan in February, I think about this kind of thing all the time. He has told me stories of being in Iraq where guys in his group got whacked weeks away from going home, very sad stuff… I wish this family well.

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    • zorro
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:31am

      Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your son as well.

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    • Lover of America
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:26am

      God BLess you and you’re family.

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    • Sgt_Rock
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:13pm

      With all due respect sir, our servicemen and women do not get “whacked.” We do not describe the death of our friends and loved ones in that manner and I am sure your son would not describe the loss of a friend with such a disrespectful term. It cheapens their sacrifice to speak of it in such a callous way. As a recently retired member of a military reserve component, and a Platoon Sergeant in reconnaissance unit, with several deployments, I have written letters to parents, and other family members after the loss of their sons, husbands, brothers etc. Each loss effects more people than just the soldier’s immediate unit and family. In some cases the loss is suffered by entire communities. But regardless of the scope each man / woman is to be honored and remembered and spoken of in honorable terms. Regardless of the outcome of these wars, we cannot allow these sacrifices to be cheapened or devalued simply because the politicians or command authority made decisions based on political expediency and not strategic goals. Otherwise this soldier and my soldiers, my friends, sacrifices will be for naught. Speak of them admirably and honor their sacrifice. Please do not treat their deaths lightly by using such slang descriptions. Thank you for supporting your son and thank him for is willingness to serve. It is a small segment of his generation that has shouldered the load and paid the price in these wars and they deserve this nations undying gratitude.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:05am

    Such a shame to die in Afghanistan for people who do not appreciate or respect life. NATO and the UN both need to be abolished. God bless that little girl and her mom. It will be a tough road for a while.

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    • Nod
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:01am

      Well said.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 12:21pm

      Standard propaganda of american invaders-when we kill it‘s good when they kill it’s bad! didn’t God tell these people that? didn’t God tell these people that we have the right to invade you and you like mice should not resist.? Americans have been murdering people in their homelands throughout the last century and now for 10yrs into this one. [with carpet bombs and all kinds of bombs]. Hypocrites he’s a soldier who volunteered to go kill people in their homelands. They had the right to fight back. he wanted to be a big hero-killing people and being laauded for it-and now he is! In your mass murdering hypocritical eyes-not in the eyes of the indigenous people who fought back against his armed invasion.Thin skinned mass murdering hypocrites!One time wasn’t enough for him-he couldn’t get enough of it and kept going back for more.

       
    • dontbotherme
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:10pm

      rose: I try to ignore you because you are hate personified. You are walking & talking proof of a blackened heart. You are vomit, just like westboro “church”.

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    • db321
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:43pm

      Rose Ellen – give it a rest – you spew hatred in every comment you post – mostly is is a bunch of copy and paste propaganda – as far as the Bible – let me tell you what God did say was going to happen to those that come against Israel – he didn’t quite call it carpet bombing, but in my translation I call it a Carpet Bomb to end all Carpet Bombs. Then he is going to reach down and grab you Rose Ellen, Mohammed, and all of the other Islamic Radicals and toss them into the Lake of Fire – God did say “place” – he said “toss.”

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    • Sgt_Rock
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:18pm

      Rose, Rose, Rose…The orderly will be in with the thorazine in a second and everything will be fine. Take a deep breath, maybe they’ll be nice and loosen the restraints a little.

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    • soccerreff
      Posted on November 4, 2011 at 10:45pm

      @ Rose-Ellen, I’m sure we can get a pool together and come up with the money for a ONE-WAY ticket to Afghanistan for you. God has blessed America and you are more than welcome to leave anytime. Don’t let the door hit on the @ss on the way out. Go live under Sharia and see how you fare there.

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  • Ford
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:38am

    This story breaks my heart. I will pray for this family. Maybe I can show it to my husband to convince him to have a family portrait made ( he HATES having his picture taken). My husband has been deployed 8 times with possibly another deployment soon and I really REALLY do not want anything bad to happen to him, but it is a possibility that is always pulling at me. The last 4 family portraits he has been absent from and there are no professional ones with our youngest.

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    • gofigureinternational
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:51am

      God Bless this family as well as your family. Tell your husband a fellow patriot is telling him to get his rear in gear:) No one plans on dying (short of some whack job intent on suicide). But how many people left on the morning of 9/11 and had words with their spouse before leaving the house. Their last parting comment was not a happy loving comment, but concerned of this issue or that, which in the larger scheme of life was trivial. How many had planned on getting a family picture “later”. I have the UTMOST respect for your husband and ALL who are serving our country putting their life at stake daily. That said, he needs to think about his kids wanting to see him in a picture showing his love for them (and this said even if he grows old). I am certain he loves them and they will very much appreciate it later, even if that is when he dies at 105, shot by a jealous wife:) Again, God Bless you and yours.

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  • Susie
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:32am

    Thank you Blaze for honouring this fallen soldier in a report so touchingly done, and, for recognizing the shared pain of your northern neighbours and friends. Our prayers are with all the fine men and women in both our countries who put their lives on the line for us.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:28am

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    We all need to remember that “Life is just a Gleam, before Eternity”. So Live………

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  • bhelmet
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:24am

    May he rest in peace and his little girl know what a hero he was. We civilians do not realize the full extent of the sacrifice these men and women make until we read a story like this. God Bless all the troops from all the countries defending our fragile rights and liberties.

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  • ShamanWorld
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 7:04am

    Very sad, but every life, whether US citizen, Libyan, Afghan or Iraqi,has the same value. We all have families, we all have people who we care about and vice versa. We need to stop celebrating the death of our “enemies”(even if they deserve it), because most people are fighting for a cause they believe in. The difference is, what side you’re on. While we mourn this soldier, there are just as may people celebrating.The cycle of violence in the world today is spiraling out of control IMO

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    • bboatmanable
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:08am

      I agree with very little of what you normally say SHAMAN…..however, in this case I will say I agree wholetheartedly. I am in the U.S. Military and while I do what I have to do to preserve the few freedoms that exist in this world and protect those around the world who can’t protect themselves, I NEVER have and pray I never will “enjoy” the death of another human being.

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    • TEA4Me
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:14am

      Shaman,

      Perhaps this will be an unpopular statement, but I am not so sure your statment is completely correct. The subject of the value of life just isn’t that black and white. We are fighting a war that pits American lives of men who are honorable, caring and generally good hearted against the lives of men who seek to kill INNOCENT human beings as a means to an end.

      You need to remember, this isn’t really one nations army against another. This is our nations army against a non-governmental terrorist conglomerate. This isn’t a traditional WWII style war where fighters on both sides are fighting because of loyalty to country. The folks our soldiers are killing are not military personal, they are murderer’s. Period. Many would disagree that their lives are worth equal to the lives of our military personal. And I would probably be one of them.

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    • TEA4Me
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:17am

      Shaman,

      Perhaps this will be an unpopular statement, but I am not so sure your statment is completely correct. The subject of the value of life just isn’t that black and white. We are fighting a war that pits American lives of men who are honorable, caring and generally good hearted against the lives of men who seek to kill INNOCENT human beings as a means to an end.

      You need to remember, this isn’t really one nations army against another. This is our nations army against a non-governmental terrorist conglomerate. This isn’t a traditional WWII style war where fighters on both sides are fighting because of loyalty to country. The folks our soldiers are killing are not military personal, they are murderer’s. Period. Many would disagree that their lives are worth equal to the lives of our military personal. And I would probably be one of them.

      The only thing I would do differently from what we are doing is to ditch all the nation building. We should have gone in there, killed the terrorists and ran off the terroist governments (Sadam, Taliban) and then left. I agree we should be outta there by now, but I do not agree that we should have never gone and I do not feel sorry for any terrorist or governmental sponsor of terror who loses his/her life at the hands of our military.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:30am

      I’m sorry, but war and death is not simply a matter of one nation against another. The nightly news doesn’t broadcast images of “collateral damage” which is photos of children, women, civilian young boys — who have absolutely nothing to do with the war except be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Look up the statistics — how many civilians are killed by war.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:20am

      The life of someone, who wants to impose sharia law, does not have the same value as someone, who is part of an army that also is involved in reconstruction. Everyone is born equal, but some have been perverted. They are no longer equal until they leave Sharia. You can’t slaughter tourists & people of your own religion by the townfull & be considered to have any good value.

      The Western armies have built health clinics & provide health services for decades with nary a shot fired.

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    • gofigureinternational
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:10am

      Well said Tea and Walkabout:

      Vekorik: You are right in the extent that media manipulates both populaces, however al Jezeera trains the kids from birth, as do their parents, to HATE Western Civilization. Shamanworld has a point only in that initially all people are born equal. If you take his point to the logical conclusion, Hitler would have the same value as say Gandhi or Mother Theresa, both had families at one point that loved them. This is ludicrous at best. Good and Evil has existed since the beginning of time and will be a constant battle until the end of days. The water gets muddied when politicians stop putting “freeing people from an oppressive rule” in front of “special interests”. We are in this thing and those that do not believe it is a Holy War, I think are at the least not looking at it deep enough. Whether we should be in it or not could certainly be argued, but at this point we are. Can anyone identify a radical Muslim Terrorist from a “peaceful” Muslim either here or abroad by looking at them, especially when the religion encourages lying in an attempt to convert? How about a solution to the Radicals who are using the cloak of “Freedom of Religion” against us? While America is battle weary at this point and perhaps rightfully so, we likely have not seen the worst of it in terms of it landing on our shores.

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  • APROUDVETERAN
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:36am

    This beautiful family will be in my prayers.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 6:25am

    Wonderful photograph. Thank you, photographer for listening to that still, quiet voice prompting you and for obeying it.

    GOD BLESS AND PROTECT our soldiers and their families.

    One of these days when we all get HOME, there will be rejoicing and no more tears, no more sorrow, no more “goodbyes”.

    And, of course, no more wars or liberals or political correctness or lies.

    Isn’t that alone almost worth going to HEAVEN for? JESUS IS CALLING HIS extended family HOME, guys. Are we listening and responding?

    Thank you THE BLAZE for this story and the photographs. They remind us that time is running out.

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:38am

    Beautiful. Just beautiful. Bless this family….

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  • SHOWMESTATEGUY
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:20am

    Canada should be proud and humbled.

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  • M 4 Colt
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:30am

    What a beautiful photo of this father with his wife and daughter. I take comfort in the fact that this young man is with our lord waiting to be reunited with with his lovely wife and daughter.

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  • AxelPhantom
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:11am

    An example how one life unknowingly touches another.

    My Daughter does photography and her husband is in Afghanistan. She was getting burned out doing the photography because it just didn’t seem to matter. I showed this story to her, and she now realizes that all of those photographs she has taken over the years, may be very special to someone like this little girl and her mother. It made her see what she does for a living in a new light. Thanks.

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  • sillyfreshness
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:10am

    Very sad. I’m not sure how this young mad died by a suicide bomb since “there is no such thing as a Muslim terrorist or airline hijacker” as told by our government. I still haven’t seen how troops being over there is protecting people over here. All you have to do is not let in crazy Muslims into your country and you don’t need to be over there. All we are doing over there is helping strengthen them economically so they can be more powerful in the future against us. There is no plan with that Afghanistan. This “war” with crazy, backwards, barbaric, Medieval, uncivilized,intolerant, women hating, bomb making Muslims has no end in sight. We could still be dealing with Afghanistan 30 years from now. As long as they have that crazy religion, they will never stop. Convert them to some other religion and you might have a chance of settling them down and civilizing them a bit.

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  • Againstallenemies
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:06am

    God bless this man and his family.

    1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
    2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”

    3 Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare
    and from the deadly pestilence.
    4 He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
    5 You will not fear the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
    6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
    7 A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
    8 You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.

    9 If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
    10 no harm will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
    11 For he will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;
    12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
    13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

    14 “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
    15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will del

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 5:37am

      16 With long life I will satisfy him
      and show him my salvation.”

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  • Kygranny
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:53am

    Erik, thanks for following your gut feeling. The photo is precious. This little girl will always have this to remember her daddy.

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  • unbound1
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:46am

    I’m so glad he got these pictures. This little one will cherish this beautiful picture of his brave father holding him in his arms. Heartbreaking.

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  • Warm In The Desert
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:41am

    Proud, brave and valiant soldiers of Canada, are often forgotten from their neighbors just to the south of them. Let us not forget Dieppe,or Juno Beach in Normandy.

    Carry on brave soldier as God grants you eternal peace.

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  • thekuligs
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:39am

    I am about to short circuit my keyboard with tears, my husband is in the Air Force and it’s so hard to look but of course I had to.

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    • unbound1
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:49am

      Said a prayer for you and your husband. Thank you for your sacrifice and service. God Bless.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 9:04am

      I hope we will leave that God forsaken place soon. Prayers for your hubby! :)

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:34am

    so sad

    you and yours are in our prayers

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    • EthelMurmur
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:47am

      Prayers for his family…..What a beautiful picture…..

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  • survivorseed
    Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:33am

    This has to stop today. Get out of there and send these brave young men and women back to their families. Breaks my heart.

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    • voltiguer
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:04am

      I understand your sympathy, but we are doing what is right. We soldiers are obeying the orders of our superiors. We are doing so much good here in Afghanistan, and we can’t leave now. The best thing you can do for us is to pray for our safety and hope we return to our families in one piece.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 8:33am

      What did you do for Libya? Quadaffi ran his mouth a lot and bragged about his weapons. One shot that almost killed him, shut him up fast. He gave up his weapons as the US asked. THEN we go in to topple him? For what?

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:20am

      @Vechorik

      What part of “We soldiers are obeying the orders of our superiors.” do you not understand?
      And Quadaffi was toppled by his own people. As far as US military in Libya, if you don’t like it, write your congressman. Wait….that won’t do any good. The President didn’t bother to involve Congress in his decision to involve our troops.

      I agree we shouldn’t be in Afghanistan, Libya etc. But the troops don’t send themselves – they follow orders from the Commander in Chief . If you want to attack someone about where our troops are, call up the Prez.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 10:50am

      @@Vechorik

      My comment above was unecessarily harsh. I apologize. As the mother of 2 military sons (one in Afghanistan right now ) it’s hard to hear anger directed at the troops everytime I turn around. Sometimes I sort of “snap”. A lot of the time it seems people unfairly blame the soldiers when they should be angry at the people who give them their orders.

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    • P8riot
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:52am

      Midwestmom – no need to apologize to Vechorik. She is the same person who believes that the parents of dead terrorists should be just as proud as the parents of American soldiers who sacrifice all to protect freedom and the helpless. She does not understand the sacrifice millions have made to allow her to spew such venom. However, I believe in the 1st amendment and thus we sometimes have to hear such ungratefulness from time to time. You were right on point. I pray for the protection of your sons and for all our troops (you too voltiguer).

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on November 2, 2011 at 1:05pm

      @P8riot
      thanks for your comment & support of our troops. I too believe in the 1st. And so do my sons. Ensuring the right of free speech for every American is one of many reasons they chose to serve their country.

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