A local veteran took a moment yesterday morning to remember the victims of the CFB Wainwright tragedy, reflecting on the base where he trained years earlier.
Retired Sergeant David Winsor spent 38 years in the military, serving both at home and overseas on multiple peacekeeping missions.
He says he remembers his time training in Alberta very well.
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Winsor took a moment to think of the soldiers who were killed, and those still in the hospital, following a deadly grass fire at the military base.
“It’s devastating to see. I was part of CFB Wainwright, part of exercises when I was up there, to see such devastation (and) how fast a fire could go across with unexpected wind change,” he told VOCM News.
It’s unreal that this thing had to happen. Hopefully, this is a lesson learned that we will overcome.”
