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1 RTEDITCCC se ts | m A 1.18â€"km stretch of Highway of Heroes adopted a in h f Grafton‘s Major Michelle Mendes wogryunbgealsame jeas $ iÂ¥ 10// * Major remembered Nov. 13 _ Fitzgerald feels a connection to her story. "Michelle and T didn‘t know each other. It‘s in Michelle death that my life was saved," Fitzgerâ€" ® ;:nxfi';fig:&r:fmwbi:‘:mdnem im ald said. "Kerri was witness to my suffering and é) P T COngwePMoMNUMDeMCNCNCAMCOM ___________ my commitment to end my suffering and she [2) 6 reached out and made a commitment to me to 4 â€" & A GRAFTON â€"â€" Grafton‘s Major Michelle Mendes, _ help me to help myself and move from pain to is Y who died in Afghanistan in 2009, now has a part of _ purpose." d WA the Highway of Heroes in her name. Fitzgerald heard through his friend Nick Kerr & Ia H Maj. Mendes, 30, an intelligence officer, was _ about the Adopt A Highway program and decidâ€" % H £ found dead in her room at the Kandahar Airâ€" ed to pursue the honour for Mendes. The disâ€" Â¥ Z F field, on April 23, 2009. She was the 118th Canaâ€" _ tance was chosen because she was the 118th § DRY 0 dian soldier â€" and first Northumberland born _ Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan. N MEM LE and raised â€" to die in the Middle East, since _ Kerr, Fitzgerald and Tadeu plan to remember MICHEL Canada become involved in the war in Afghaniâ€" _ Mendes on Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. at the Lyle Street â€" . MA JOR 2 stan. > exit of Hwy. 401. They welcome the public to MENDES A sign now marks an 1.18â€"kilometre stretch _ join them. They also plan to clean both sides of * KN[GH T. a of the Highway of Heroes at the Grafton exit in _ the Highway on that day. . 3 . 5 ; memory of Major Michelle Knight Mendes. The _ Mendes was an accomplished soldier. She . highway was adopted in her honour recently â€" was earning a master‘s degree in conflict analyâ€" _| - ; Ke e‘;; ing j thanks to a fellow Canadian solider. sis and resolution at Ottawa‘s Carleton Univerâ€" _|_ , , 4 Former Master Corporal Collin Fitzgerald . sity in 2003. Her first tour in Afghanistan was f O n ‘t a r l o wanted to find a way to honour Maj. Mendes â€" also cut short. She was deployed as an intelliâ€" close to Grafton where she grew up, said Kerri _ gence officer in August 2006 ahead of Operation B ce N t " f (0] I Tadeu who was friends with Mendes for 10â€" Medusa, a fullâ€"scale clash with the Taliban in | C s years. Maj. Mendes® parents Ron and Dianne . Kandahar‘s Panjwaii district. Military officials | _ C â€" mmmmmmmmmmmnmmmment . Knight live in the Grafton area. ‘ said she was injured in an incident they would | _ _ a ( e NÂ¥ Fitzgerald was awarded the Medal of Military â€" not disclose and was treated at Landstuhl milâ€" sn spcece i â€"_ * _ eâ€"e ff pe Valour for aiding wounded comrades in a burnâ€" itary hospital in Germany before returning ioi es e d 1000 â€" e ing vehicle under enemy fire in 2006. He has home. since suffered from postâ€"traumatic stress disâ€" For more information on the initiative visit the CRAFTON ASL[bmH!ed photo: Dfp;dme":‘ o Nc’:oc’]" cfi D:;e"ce pho'fa &"sfé“ order. Tadeu and Fitzgerald developed a close _ Facebook page: Adopt A Highway In Memory of EA # ff o uis es ?Os & 1 ?g k.lwy' q fmt :.n;(fl]y fi. § e brotherâ€"andâ€"sisterâ€"type relationship after meetâ€" _ Major Michelle Knight Mendes. Michelle knigh) Mendes (Inse}): The i1 .18 kilometire stretch ol the Highwery. ing, said Tadeu. 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