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Family says soldier killed in base fire was living his dream
Patricia Farrell says her 23-year-old son died in a training exercise gone wrong as funeral arrangements are finalized.
- On Saturday, 23-year-old Pte. Shaun Farrell of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, died during a live-fire training exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Edmonton, one of four soldiers killed when a grass fire overtook the grenade-range exercise.
- Patricia Farrell, the soldier's mother, said her son was 'living my dream' when the accident occurred; the family had moved to Canada from South Africa in 2017, and Farrell pursued military service despite living with dyslexia and Asperger's syndrome.
- Military officials confirmed the fire began in a permanent danger area on the grenade range and a sudden wind sent flames racing toward 84 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry; 27 remain hospitalized, 13 in critical condition.
- As of Thursday, 27 injured soldiers remain in various hospitals with 13 in critical condition, while officials investigate the conditions that led to the fatalities and coordinate ongoing medical support for the affected personnel.
- Funeral arrangements for Farrell are being finalized, with his body expected to return to Saskatchewan by week's end; his mother said the support from fellow soldiers and across the country has been "overwhelming" during this time.
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'Comfort kills dreams': Family says soldier killed in base fire was living his dream
PRINCE ALBERT — Patricia Farrell is not even a week removed from the death of her son in a military training exercise gone wrong. She looks over an array of seven photos of Pte. Shaun Farrell. One is of him as a newborn with a mohawk.
·Bradford West Gwillimbury, Canada
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