Close to heart

I was randomly reading news on yahoo on Tue evening when I came across the news of a Navy serviceman injuried while onboard a ship. The name looks familar and the age and unit matches a poly coursemate of mine.

Wanting to confirm further, I went and checked his FB profile and confirmed his dialet name which I didnt noe.My worst fear came true. It was indeed my coursemate. I immediately posted the news to FB to get the other coursemates' attention, hoping someone will be able to give us updates and aso to help pray for his well being.

24hrs went past b4 the others picked up this news 1 by 1. Updates from the official channel were slow, we did not have many details and we were pretty anxious to know his condition. The next time when I saw the updates were, he lost both legs and an arm, though managed to save his right arms, 3 fingers were gone too.

I was in shocked, how can this happen to him? There were no answers, the official statement issued by the Navy states that investigations are on going and it would take ard a month for it to be complete.

You know when we usually see this kind of news, its always someone else's fwen, colleague, classmates,relative,kins etc etc?

I neber 1 day expect to see this kind of news and recognised the name to be some1 I know. The feeling of it is so awful, what is even more awful is, we have totally no details of the whole incident and there is onli so little we can do for him while he awaits for his fate.

Thinking back, we were not even close back in sch. Attending the same lecture, we werent even in the same class throughout our poly time. But still, he is part of the wonderful memories I had during my poly years. We do have common fwens who we will hang out together before or after lecture. Coming from different classes, we do exchange/swap tips and notes on n off. Its realli hit me hard to see him in this state, suffering from the wrost injury that any 1 could imagine.

News later came out with the appeal of blood donation for his blood type, O+ which I do not belong to. The onli thing our coursemates can do, is to spread the news ard, hoping some kind soul would donate their blood to him.

Meanwhile, we aso kept him in our prayers, hoping that he would be able to pull through this tough time.Though its easier said than done, I sincerely hope that you will be able to face this difficult times bravely Jason. Somewhere here, all our coursemates will be praying for your well being. We will be rallying behind you till you are able to receive visitors. Hang in strong there pal, be strong.