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Despite this fear, Robert went to Afghanistan anyway, said Carol, to do what he could to help those struggling for a brighter future because he believed it was the right thing to do. Robert and another soldier were killed on Oct. 3, 2006 when insurgents attacked the road construction project they were protect- ing. Carol remembers receiving the phone call from her daughter-in-law and remembers the difficulty she had in accepting what she was hearing. She was crying over the phone and I said, What happened to the kids, because I thought something had happened to one of my grandkids and then finally through the tears she said, Your son is dead, said Carol. I said, No hes not, who told you that? Let me talk to whos there with you. Carol said the padre who brought the news to Roberts wife got on the phone and again tried to tell her what had happened. Carol said at this point she actually scold- ed the padre for upsetting her daughter-in- law with this false news. Sadly the news was not false. Carol said she has few memories of what followed. The return of Roberts body to the Canadian Forces Base at Trenton was all a blur, she said. What the family was going through was made worse when Carols younger son Mark, passed away from terminal cancer on Dec. 28. Carol said she took some comfort from the fact that Robert had called home two days before his death and talked to Mark. Robert never knew about Marks illness as Mark was not diagnosed until after Roberts deployment and Mark decided he didnt want to tell Robert until his deployment was over. They were joking around at first, but then his brother said to him, Im really proud of you Jim (Roberts middle name) and I love you, and Jim said, I really love you too Mark. I was so happy they were able to tell each other that, said Carol. I was able say, Keep safe I love you so much, and he was able to say the same. So, you know, I have that, that is something I hold on to. Carol said she decided to go to Afghanistan because she wanted to see where her son had died. In the back of her mind, she said, was a fear that no one had been there for Robert when he passed away like she was for Mark. In May of this year, Carol got the oppor- tunity to go to Afghanistan thanks to a pro- gram the Canadian government has for the families of soldiers killed in action. While not permitted to leave the relative safety of the Kandahar Airfield NATO base Carol called the experience life changing. While a Taliban rocket attack during her stay was one event that stood out, her great- est memories of her time in Afghanistan revolve around a ramp ceremony she attend- ed for another soldier who had just been killed. It was the most touching thing I had ever been at. These people were touching the coffin and saying, Brother, we should have been there for you. Other guys were crying. They cared about that guy. They really loved him, and they were going to miss him and they really hated that he had died, said Carol. The outpouring Carol witnessed remind- ed her of something Robert had said, which she had never really believed, about the mil- itary being a family. What this did for me was it told me that my son was right. He did have brothers watching his back and he did not die alone, he died with his brothers surrounding him, said Carol. That helps me. Mother visited Afghanistan to see where son was killed Continued from page 6 KAREN NEWMAN / OAKVILLE BEAVER THANK YOU: Carol Mitchell, the mother of Corporal Robert Mitchell who was killed in Afghanistan, speaks to St. Dominic students.