Gretchen Catherwood akabata mureza pabhokisi remwanakomana wake Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Katherwood neChitatu, Nyamavhuvhu 18, 2021 muSpringville, Tennessee. Muna 2010, Alec ane makore gumi nemapfumbamwe akaurayiwa achirwa neTaliban muAfghanistan. Paaiva mupenyu aifarira kubata kumeso kwake. Ane ganda rakapfava semucheche, uye paanoisa ruoko rwake padama rake, iyi yakasimba Marine yakakura inonzwa semukomana wake muduku. (Mufananidzo weAP/Karen Pulfer Focht)
Springville, Tennessee - Paakanzwa gonhi remotokari richivharika, akange achipeta jezi dzvuku achifamba kuenda kuhwindo, achiona kuti nguva yaaigarofunga kuti yaizomuuraya yakanga yave kuda kuitika: vatatu vemauto emugungwa uye mufundisi wemauto. achifamba akananga kumusuwo wake, izvo zvinogona kureva chinhu chimwe chete.
Akaisa ruoko rwake panyeredzi yebhuruu padyo nemusuwo wepamberi, iyo yaive chiratidzo chekudzivirira mwanakomana wake Malin Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) akaenda kunhandare yehondo kuAfghanistan masvondo matatu apfuura.
Ipapo, sezvaairangarira, akarasika njere. Akamhanya achitenderera nemba. Akavhura gonhi achibva audza murume uya kuti vaisakwanisa kupinda. Akanhonga bhasikiti remaruva ndokuvakandira. Akabva aridza mhere zvekuti mangwana acho haana kuzokwanisa kutaura.
"Ndinongoda kuti vataure chinhu," Gretchen Catherwood akadaro, "nekuti kana vakadaro, ichokwadi. Uye, chokwadi, ichokwadi. "
Ndikatarisa nhau dzemavhiki maviri aya, ndinonzwa kuti zuva iri rakaitika maminitsi gumi apfuura. Mauto eUS paakabva kuAfghanistan, zvese zvavakashanda nesimba kuvaka zvaiita sekudonha nechinguva. Hondo yeAfghan yakaisa zvombo pasi, mutungamiri akatiza, uye maTaliban akatora. Zviuru zvevanhu zvakamhanyira muKabul Airport, vachida kutiza, uye Gretchen Catherwood akanzwa mumaoko ake jira dzvuku raakanga achipeta paakaziva kuti mwanakomana wake akanga afa.
Nharembozha yake yakanzwika nenhau kubva kunhengo dzemhuri yake dzakanga dzaungana kubva zuva rakaipa iroro: mupurisa akanga atiza muhari yemaruva; vabereki vevamwe vanhu vakafira muhondo kana kuzviuraya; mwanakomana wake aive mune yakakurumbira yekutanga 5 The comrades mu3rd Battalion yeMarine Corps, yakatumidzwa zita rekuti "Black Horse Camp", vane yakanyanya kufa mwero muAfghanistan. Vazhinji vavo vanomuti "amai".
Kunze kwedenderedzwa iri, akaona mumwe munhu achitaura paFacebook kuti "uku kutambisa hupenyu uye zvinogoneka." Shamwari dzakamuudza kurwadza kwadzaiita kuti mwanakomana wake akafa pasina. Paakapanana mashoko nevamwe vanhu vakabhadhara mari yehondo, ainetseka kuti kupera kwehondo kwaizovamanikidza kusava nechokwadi nezvekukosha kwezvavaiona uye kutambura.
“Ndinoda kuti uzive zvinhu zvitatu,” akadaro kune vamwe vanhu. “Hamuna kurwisa kuti mupedze simba renyu. Alec haana kurasikirwa nehupenyu hwake pasina. Chero zvazvingava, ndichakumirirai pano kusvika zuva randinofa. Izvi ndizvo zvega zvandinoda kuti murangarire.”
Musango kuseri kwemba yake, imba yebhiza yakasviba iri kuvakwa. Iye nomurume wake vari kuvaka nzvimbo yokuvakira varwi, nzvimbo yavanogona kuungana pamwe chete kuti vagadzirise zvinotyisa zvehondo. Kune makamuri 25, uye kamuri rimwe nerimwe rakatumidzwa zita romurume akaurawa mumusasa womwanakomana wake. Akataura kuti vakadzokera kumusha vaive vatove vana vavo. Anoziva kuti vanhu vanopfuura vatanhatu vakafa nekuzviuraya.
“Ndinonetsekana nemabatirwo avachaitwa nawo mupfungwa. Vakasimba, vakashinga, vakashinga. Asi vanewo mwoyo mikuru kwazvo. Uye ndinofunga kuti vanogona kupinda mukati zvakanyanya uye vachizvipa mhosva, ”akadaro. “Mwari wangu, ndinovimba havazvipa mhosva.
Uyu mufananidzo wa2010 wakapihwa naChelsea Lee unoratidza Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) Husiku ihwohwo, 3rd Battalion ye5th Marines yakatumirwa kubva kuCamp Pendleton, California. George Barba akayeuka kubhururuka kweherikoputa kwekutanga kwaCaterwood panguva yekudzidzira uye kuti "akanyemwerera sei pedyo nenzeve dzake uye achizunza tsoka dzake semwana akagara pachigaro chepamusoro". (Chelsea Lee kuburikidza neAssociated Press)
The 3rd Battalion ye5th Marine Corps yakatumirwa kubva kuCamp Pendleton, California mukudonha kwe2010, kutumira chiuru cheUS Marines kuAfghanistan, inova imwe yenzendo dzakadeura ropa kuvarwi veAmerica.
The Black Horse Battalion yakarwa nevarwi veTaliban mudunhu reSangin mudunhu reHelmand Province kwemwedzi mitanhatu. Muhondo yakatungamirwa neUS kweanoda kusvika makore gumi, Sangjin anga atove pasi pekutonga kweTaliban. Minda yakasvibira yepoppy inoshandiswa zvinodhaka inopa varwi mari yakakosha yavakatsunga kubata.
Pakasvika veMarines, mureza weTaliban chena wakabhururuka kubva kune dzakawanda dzezvivakwa. Vatauri vakaisirwa minamato yekutepfenyura vakashandiswa kunyomba mauto eUS. Chikoro chakavharwa.
“Shiri yacho payakamhara, takanga tarohwa,” aimbova sajeni akayeuka kudaro. George Barba weMenifee, California. “Takamhanya, takapinda, ndinoyeuka sajeni wedu wepfuti akatiudza kuti: 'Tinogamuchirwa kuSankin. Wawana ribhoni rako rekurwa.'”
Mhondi yakahwandira musango. Murwi aiva nepfuti akanohwanda kuseri kwemadziro evhu. Mabhomba aigadzirwa kumusha akachinja migwagwa nemigero kuva misungo yerufu.
Sankin ndiyo yekutanga kurwisa kwaAlec Catherwood. Akabatana neMarine Corps paakanga achiri kuchikoro chesekondari, akaenda kumusasa weboot achangopedza kudzidza, uye akazogoverwa kuchikwata chevarume gumi nevatatu chaitungamirirwa neaimbova sajeni. Sean Johnson.
Hunyanzvi hwaKatherwood hwakasiya pfungwa yakadzama paJohnson-ane hutano, akasimba mupfungwa, uye nguva dzose nenguva.
“Anongova nemakore 19, saka izvi zvinokosha,” akadaro Johnson. "Vamwe vanhu vachiri kungoda kufunga kuti vangasunga sei bhutsu dzavo kuti vasatukwa."
Katherwood akavasekawo. Akatakura katoyi kakanaka semubatsiri wekuseka.
Barba akayeuka kukwira kwaakaita Catherwood neherikoputa panguva yekudzidziswa uye kuti "akanyemwerera ari pedyo nenzeve dzake uye achizunza tsoka semwana akagara pachigaro chepamusoro".
Aimbova Cpl. William Sutton weYorkville, Illinois, akapika kuti Casewood aizoseka kunyange mukutsinhana kwemoto.
"Alec, ari mwenje murima," akadaro Sutton, akapfurwa kakawanda muhondo muAfghanistan. "Vakabva vazvitora kubva kwatiri."
Musi waGumiguru 14, 2010, mushure mekumira vakarinda kunze kwenzvimbo yemapurisa pakati pehusiku, boka reCatherwood rakaenda kunobatsira mamwe Marines achirwiswa. Pfuti dzavo dzakanga dzapera.
Vakayambuka minda yakashama, vachishandisa migero yokudiridza sevhavha. Mushure mekutumira hafu yechikwata zvakakotsekana kumberi, Johnson akagogodza Katherwood pangowani ndokuti, "Handei."
Akataura kuti mushure mematanho matatu chete, pfuti dzakavandira varwi veTaliban dzakarira kumashure kwavo. Johnson akadzikisa musoro ndokuona buri rebara mubhurugwa. Akapfurwa gumbo. Ipapo kwakava nokuputika kunovhara nzeve—mumwe waVarwi veMarine akatsika bhomba rakavanzwa. Johnson akabva angofenda achibva apepuka ari mumvura.
Ipapo pakava nokumwe kuputika. Achitarisa kuruboshwe, Johnson akaona Catherwood yakayangarara yakatarisa pasi. Akataura kuti zvaiva pachena kuti jaya reMarine rakanga rafa.
Kuputika panguva yekuvandira kwakauraya mumwe Marine, Lance Cpl. Joseph Lopez wekuRosamond, California, uye mumwe munhu vakakuvara zvakaipisisa.
Mushure mokudzokera kuUnited States, Sajeni Steve Bancroft akatanga rwendo rwakaoma rwemaawa maviri kuenda kumba kwevabereki vake kuCasewood, kuchamhembe kweIllinois. Asati ave mukuru wekubatsira vanhu vakakuvara, akashanda muIraq kwemwedzi minomwe uye aive nebasa rekuzivisa mhuri yake nezverufu munhandare yehondo.
Bancroft, zvino akarega basa, akati: “Handidi kuti izvi zviitike kumunhu upi noupi, uye handigoni kuzvitaura: Handidi kutarira zviso zvavabereki vangu ndokuvaudza kuti mwanakomana wavo mumwe bedzi aenda.”
Paaifanira kuperekedza mhuri yake kuenda kuDover, Delaware, kunoona bhokisi richibuda mundege, aive akatsiga. Asi paakanga ari oga, akachema. Paakafunga nguva yaakasvika pamba paGretchen naKirk Catherwood aingochema.
Vakaseka havo mapoto emaruva akaraswa zvino. Achiri kugara achitaura navo nevamwe vabereki vaaizivisa. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asati amboonana naAlec, aifunga kuti aimuziva.
“Mwana wavo igamba. Zvakaoma kutsanangura, asi akasiya chimwe chinhu icho vanhu vanodarika 99% pasi rose vaisamboda kuita,” akadaro.
“Zvakakodzera here? Tarasikirwa nevanhu vakawanda. Zvakaoma kufungidzira kuti takarasikirwa zvakadini.” Akati.
Gretchen Catherwood akagamuchira Purple Heart yemwanakomana wake muSpringville, Tennessee neChitatu, Nyamavhuvhu 18, 2021. Alec Katherwood ane makore 19 akaurayiwa muhondo nevaTaliban muAfghanistan muna 2010. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)
Gretchen Catherwood akaturika muchinjikwa waipfekwa nemwanakomana wake panhovo yemubhedha wake, nepegi yembwa yake yakaturikwa pauri.
Bhanga regirazi rakarembera padivi paro, richifuridza madota emumwe mudiki Marine: Cpl. Paul Wedgwood, akaenda kumba.
Black Horse Camp yakadzokera kuCalifornia muna Kubvumbi 2011. Mushure memwedzi yekurwa kunotyisa, vakabata Sanjin kubva kuTaliban. Vatungamiriri vehurumende yepurovhinzi vanogona kuita zvisina njodzi. Vana, kusanganisira vasikana, vanodzokera kuchikoro.
Yakabhadhara mutengo unorema. Kuwedzera pavanhu 25 vakafa, vanhu vanopfuura 200 vakaenda kumba nekukuvara, vazhinji vavo vakarasikirwa nemakumbo nemaoko, uye vamwe vaine mavanga akaoma kuona.
Wedgwood aisagona kurara paakapedza makore mana ekunyora uye akasiya Marines muna 2013. Kana akarara zvishoma, anowedzera kunwa.
Tatoo paruoko rwake rwepamusoro yairatidza mupumburu webepa nemazita evana Marines vakaurayiwa muSankin. Wedgwood akafunga kunyoresazve, asi akaudza amai vake kuti: “Kana ndikagara, ndinofunga ndichafa.”
Pane kudaro, Wedgwood akaenda kukoreji mutaundi rokumusha kwake reColorado, asi nokukurumidza akarasikirwa nefariro. Chokwadi chakaratidza kuti makosi ewelding emakoreji enharaunda akanyanya kukodzera.
Wedgwood akaonekwa aine post-traumatic stress disorder. Ari kutora mushonga uye ari kutora chikamu mukurapwa.
"Anonyanya kufunga nezvehutano hwepfungwa," akadaro Helen Wedgewood, amai veMarine Corps. "Haasi murwi akaregeredzwa."
Kunyange zvakadaro, akatamburira. Musi waChikunguru 4, Wedgwood achaunza imbwa yake kumisasa musango kudzivirira mafireworks. Pashure pokunge muchina usingashandi waita kuti asvetuke pasi, akarega basa raaida.
Makore mashanu mushure meSanjin, zvinhu zvinoita kunge zviri nani. Wedgwood ari kugadzirira basa idzva rinozomutendera kuti adzokere kuAfghanistan semugadziri wekuchengetedza akazvimirira. Anenge ari panzvimbo yakanaka.
Musi waNyamavhuvhu 23, 2016, mushure mehusiku hwekunwa newaaigara naye, Wedgwood haana kuuya kubasa. Gare gare, mumwe waaigara naye akamuwana akafa mubhedhurumu. Akazvipfura. Ane makore makumi maviri nemashanu.
Anotenda kuti mwanakomana wake nevamwe vanozviuraya ndivo vakabatwa nehondo, sevaya vakarasikirwa nehupenyu muchiitiko ichi.
MaTaliban paakadzora kutonga kweAfghanistan pamberi pegore rechishanu rekufa kwemwanakomana wake, akazorora kuti hondo yakauraya vanhu vanopfuura zviuru zviviri nemazana mana eAmerica uye yakakuvadza vanhu vanopfuura zviuru makumi maviri nemazana manomwe yapera. Asi zvinosuwisa zvakare kuti kubudirira kwevanhu veAfghan - kunyanya vakadzi nevana - kungangove kwechinguvana.
Nguva yekutumira: Aug-31-2021