Last in the order of march
Jody Mitic’s mother is in awe at the directions his life has taken since he stepped on a mine in Afghanistan
Story and photography by Stephen J. Thorne
On Jan. 11, 2007, Joanne Fisher-Mitic got the call no mother wants to receive.
Her son Jody, a master sniper and a seasoned master corporal with 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, had been wounded in Afghanistan.
Actually, the first call came from Mitic himself.
Despite having stepped on an Italian-made anti-personnel mine, which had been planted on top of a Russian-made 82mm mortar shell, he sounded lucid and composed during his brief message.
He’d already lost his right leg below the knee and was headed for the first of numerous surgeries, this one to amputate what remained of his left foot.
But he didn’t te...