The Mike Trauner file

Raised in Sudbury, he graduated from Cambrian College with an engineering diploma and enlisted in the military at age 18
Joined the infantry and trained as a paratrooper with the Royal Canadian Regiment’s Third Battalion
Deployed to Drvar, Bosnia as part of a NATO-led mission to stabilize the country
Fractured his spine in late 2002 when he landed on a hidden pressure ridge in a winter parachute drop onto Round Lake
Deployed to Afghanistan in early September 2008
While on a security detail