News From the Cause
Soldier completes charity climb: (ITN, UK)
June 13, 2009
An Army officer who suffered horrendous injuries in Iraq has taken four days to finish his charity climb of El Capitan in the US. Major Phil Packer, 36, was told he would never walk again after suffering a spinal injury in a rocket attack in Basra in February last year. But since then he has completed a series of inspirational fundraising challenges, including walking the London Marathon on crutches. [click here to view] (http://itn.co.uk/cc31379a3ea2abd027954a4c139ae3eb.html)
