last week on monday i got a phone call at about 10:30pm from an officer from my "squad"
she informed me that my former commander and a good friend of mine was murdered in Costa Rica (as an after army trip to south america)
since then i barely slept in the next few days
couldn't eat that much (i forced myself sometimes...)
and i was angry and very sad..
on thursday we barried him in his town.. got to see many people i haven't seen in a while
and we all cried a lot..
the worst part of this story that his best friend was a witness to the murder (a robbery gone wrong)
and his younger brother was with him after he was shot (using an improvised gun)..
i didn't have any mood for anything
but slowly enough got back to routine (as much as possible)..
it's so hard to grasp and handle
he has an amazing family and they are so broken up
he has a wonderful step father that words can not describe him, i think he helped me more than i helped him to cope
he was a good commander, a good friend
a professional in his job
a great mentor and a great lose for us, his friends and family of course!
here are some pictures of him
2 from a microsoft convention in Eilat he managed to get us into
(in the middle, i'm on the left)
(right side)
photos of him getting Master Sereagnt
here is me with him and his best friend (the officer in the middle.. who witnessed the murder)
(just a taste from hunders and hunders of photos of him)
Itai Elias-Shechter, RIP good friend
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