{"id":2608,"date":"2021-09-21T14:39:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/leger-marc\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T19:07:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T19:07:38","slug":"leger-marc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/leger-marc\/?lang=fr","title":{"rendered":"Leger, Marc"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le rire du sergent Marc Leger \u00e9tait si puissant qu\u2019on pouvait l\u2019entendre \u00e0 des milles \u00e0 la ronde! Un rire venant du c\u0153ur, aussi grand que l\u2019homme lui-m\u00eame. Grand gaillard de six pieds et quatre pouces, Marc ne passait pas inaper\u00e7u. Les gens \u00e9taient irr\u00e9sistiblement attir\u00e9s par lui, un homme si sage et attentionn\u00e9 pour son \u00e2ge. Peut-\u00eatre devinaient-ils qu\u2019il \u00e9tait int\u00e8gre, qu\u2019il vivait sa vie pleinement, qu\u2019il \u00e9tait un mari d\u00e9vou\u00e9 et romantique, ainsi qu\u2019un v\u00e9ritable ami. Il aimait la vie, son travail, sa famille et son labrador Hunter, qui n\u2019\u00e9tait jamais bien loin.<\/p>\n

Marc s\u2019est enr\u00f4l\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 19 ans. Sa carri\u00e8re au sein des 3PPCLI et du r\u00e9giment a\u00e9roport\u00e9 du Canada \u00e9tait pour lui une source de grande fiert\u00e9.<\/p>\n

En f\u00e9vrier 2002, Marc a \u00e9t\u00e9 envoy\u00e9 en mission en Afghanistan. Deux mois plus tard, le 17 avril, Marc et trois autres compatriotes devenaient les premi\u00e8res victimes canadiennes en Afghanistan, les premiers soldats tomb\u00e9s au combat depuis la guerre de Cor\u00e9e. Huit autres soldats ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9s cette nuit-l\u00e0. Le sergent Leger \u00e9tait \u00e2g\u00e9 de 29 ans.<\/p>\n

Dans les jours qui ont suivi, le Canada en a appris plus sur Marc et \u00e0 quel point il se souciait du bien-\u00eatre des gens. Il l\u2019a bien d\u00e9montr\u00e9 lorsqu\u2019il a travaill\u00e9 pour les Forces du maintien de la paix dans la vall\u00e9e de Livno, en Bosnie. La r\u00e9gion venait de subir un nettoyage ethnique et les survivants vivaient dans des conditions horribles. Marc et son unit\u00e9 ont demand\u00e9 plus de ressources au commandant. Il conservait les restes de nourriture, de l\u2019eau et des mat\u00e9riaux de construction et s\u2019assurait que les gens de la vall\u00e9e les re\u00e7oivent. Lorsque la mission a \u00e9t\u00e9 compl\u00e9t\u00e9e, les habitants avaient \u00e0 nouveau des maisons d\u00e9centes et Marc a h\u00e9rit\u00e9 d\u2019un nouveau surnom : King Marco.<\/p>\n

Pour le travail accompli en Bosnie, Marc a re\u00e7u une mention \u00e9logieuse du Chef d\u2019\u00c9tat-Major de la d\u00e9fense. Il a aussi re\u00e7u la M\u00e9daille de l’Asie du Sud-Ouest et la m\u00e9daille de l\u2019\u00c9toile de bronze des \u00c9tats-Unis, \u00e0 titre posthume.<\/p>\n

Marc voulait go\u00fbter \u00e0 tout ce que la vie avait \u00e0 offrir et pour lui, voyager \u00e9tait la meilleure fa\u00e7on de le faire. Il aimait voir le monde d\u2019une fa\u00e7on diff\u00e9rente. Ainsi, il \u00e9tait toujours entour\u00e9 de gens qui voulaient \u00eatre proche de lui et vivre comme lui : pleinement, compl\u00e8tement.<\/p>\n

Une vie remplie en 29 ans. Il le savait et a m\u00eame d\u00e9clar\u00e9 durant l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 2001 : \u00ab Si je mourais demain, j\u2019aurais d\u00e9j\u00e0 tellement v\u00e9cu. Ma vie a \u00e9t\u00e9 bien remplie et j\u2019ai v\u00e9cu de belles exp\u00e9riences. Je mourrais heureux. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Traduction : Annabelle Normandeau<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Portrait par Cindy Revell<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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September 4, 1988 – August 1, 2009
\nHometown: Val d’Or, Quebec
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