Seanad debates
Thursday, 13 November 2003
United Nations Mission in Liberia: Statements.
It has been a tremendous experience for me to watch this happen at first hand. I have made ten visits to the Lebanon and it is nice to hear from someone who has had first hand knowledge. B Company in Lebanon had a couple of lucky escapes. Shells penetrated the blocks on the stairwell where only seconds before our troops had passed. Somebody in the heavens was looking after them on that occasion. One of our soldiers was badly injured in Lebanon. When I visited him in hospital in Israel the doctors told me he was a miracle man. They said they would not have been able to do anything for him were it not for what had been done for him by his colleagues when he was wounded. It shows that immediate medical attention is of critical importance.
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