{"id":2598,"date":"2021-09-21T14:45:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/macneil-james-patrick\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T19:03:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T19:03:43","slug":"macneil-james-patrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/macneil-james-patrick\/?lang=fr","title":{"rendered":"MacNeil, James Patrick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy avait un grand c\u0153ur, un sourire contagieux et un rire communicateur. Son charisme et sa vision positive de la vie rayonnaient \u00e0 travers son sens de l\u2019humour, comme le d\u00e9montrent des vid\u00e9os de lui dansant et chantant. Il avait une passion pour son travail et pour son pays, cela se voyait par sa bravoure et sa loyaut\u00e9. Toujours entour\u00e9 de gens, Jimmy \u00e9tait un homme qui aimait tout le monde et qui voyait le bon dans chaque personne. Il \u00e9tait toujours pr\u00eat \u00e0 les r\u00e9conforter en leur donnant un c\u00e2lin.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ce fier Cap-Bretonnais \u00e9tait enfant unique et a obtenu son dipl\u00f4me de l\u2019\u00e9cole secondaire Glace Bay en 1999. Il \u00e9tait le b\u00e9b\u00e9 de sa famille et il \u00e9tait proche de ses tantes. Il disait souvent savoir qu\u2019il \u00e9tait le pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 de la famille. Jimmy \u00e9tait reconnu pour tomber en amour rapidement. Il consacrait beaucoup de temps \u00e0 son \u00e2me s\u0153ur, une amie d\u2019enfance avec qui il avait repris contact sur Facebook. Pour Jimmy, la famille \u00e9tait d\u2019une importance capitale, il organisait des f\u00eates de famille chaque fois qu\u2019il revenait \u00e0 la maison. \u00c9tant un fils \u00e0 maman, il croyait fermement que les liens familiaux \u00e9taient la chose la plus importante au monde. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u00c9tant d\u00e9termin\u00e9 \u00e0 s\u2019engager dans les rangs, il dissimula qu\u2019il souffrait d\u2019asthme s\u00e9v\u00e8re. Il r\u00eavait de faire une diff\u00e9rence dans l\u2019arm\u00e9e et voyait les voyages comme un extra. Il \u00e9tait un v\u00e9t\u00e9ran des Forces canadiennes, comptant 10 ans d\u2019exp\u00e9rience puisqu\u2019il joignit les rangs \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 18 ans. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 promu au rang de Caporal-chef du 2e Groupe brigade m\u00e9canis\u00e9 du Canada. Lors de chacun de ses quatre d\u00e9ploiements, il a toujours su apporter sa touche d\u2019humour en jouant des tours \u00e0 ses camarades. Jimmy incarnait \u00e9galement l\u2019excellence et le professionnalisme. Apr\u00e8s son troisi\u00e8me d\u00e9ploiement en Afghanistan, il re\u00e7ut le titre de Caporal-chef de l\u2019ann\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jimmy respirait la confiance en soi. Homme bien b\u00e2ti, il aimait montrer ses muscles d\u00e8s qu\u2019il en avait la chance. Lorsqu\u2019il \u00e9tait portier dans un bar, il avait l\u2019air intimidant, mais tous ses amis et sa famille savaient qu\u2019il ne ferait pas de mal \u00e0 une mouche. Jimmy \u00e9tait un sportif; il a jou\u00e9 au rugby lorsqu\u2019il \u00e9tait \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole secondaire et avait un int\u00e9r\u00eat pour le baseball en plus d\u2019aimer les Canadiens de Montr\u00e9al. Il aimait le camping et faire des voyages pour venir visiter sa m\u00e8re chaque \u00e9t\u00e9. Un \u00e9t\u00e9, alors qu\u2019il \u00e9tait au terrain de camping, il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 un d\u00e9fil\u00e9 de mode o\u00f9 les hommes devaient \u00eatre habill\u00e9s en femme. Il \u00e9tait extraverti et il aimait se d\u00e9guiser pour n\u2019importe quelle occasion et en particulier pour l\u2019Halloween.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jimmy aimait les enfants et faisait tout en son possible pour aller jouer au soccer avec les enfants lorsqu\u2019il \u00e9tait en Afghanistan. Il demandait toujours \u00e0 sa famille d\u2019envoyer des crayons, des jouets et des bonbons pour eux. Pour tout dire, Jimmy a rencontr\u00e9 une petite fille qui avait une d\u00e9formation et elle ne parlait pas \u00e0 personne sauf \u00e0 lui puisqu\u2019il \u00e9tait de nature attentionn\u00e9e. Le moment dans sa vie o\u00f9 il a \u00e9t\u00e9 le plus fier est lorsque sa filleule a obtenu son dipl\u00f4me d\u2019\u00e9tudes secondaires puisqu\u2019il \u00e9tait une figure paternelle pour elle. Il se portait toujours volontaire d\u00e8s que c\u2019\u00e9tait pour aider les enfants. Il acceptait de faire le p\u00e8re No\u00ebl pendant le temps des f\u00eates et d\u2019\u00eatre entra\u00eeneur dans une petite ligue de baseball. Chaque ann\u00e9e depuis sa mort, il y a des tournois de basketball et de baseball qui sont organis\u00e9s en son honneur afin d\u2019amasser des fonds pour les bourses d\u2019\u00e9tudes des \u00e9tudiants du Cap Breton, sachant que Jimmy serait fier de cette initiative.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jimmy, un soldat ambitieux et extraverti, disait souvent qu\u2019il fallait vivre au jour le jour et ne pas s\u2019inqui\u00e9ter pour demain. C\u2019\u00e9tait un homme de famille courageux avec un bon sens de l\u2019humour qui vivait dans l\u2019instant pr\u00e9sent.<\/p>\n

Kaylen Small<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Traduction par Ysabelle Poulin<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Portrait par Shairl Honey<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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September 4, 1988 – August 1, 2009
\nHometown: Val d’Or, Quebec
\nUnit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMacNeil, James Patrick - Project Heroes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/macneil-james-patrick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MacNeil, James Patrick - Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 4, 1988 - August 1, 2009 Hometown: Val d'Or, Quebec Unit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/macneil-james-patrick\/?lang=fr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T14:45:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-06T19:03:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-PORTRAIT-MACNEIL-James-web1HCY-10302014-6683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/macneil-james-patrick\/?lang=fr\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/macneil-james-patrick\/?lang=fr\",\"name\":\"MacNeil, James Patrick - 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