Council verbally lauds Calgary firefighter regaining his military ranking

Calgary firefighter, Major Darryl Watts received special recognition at City Hall Monday with a presentation that was a bit out of the ordinary for council.

Watts fought to have his conviction of negligent performance of duty from a fatal training accident in Afghanistan, overturned and has had his military ranking restored.

Councillor Diane Colley-Urquhart opened Monday’s council meeting commending his difficult fight.

“It will be five years ago tomorrow that he was heading up a platoon in Kandahar City when a horrible incident happened and there was a death resulting,” Colley-Urquhart said.

In 2010, a mine misfired in a training incident that killed a corporal and seriously wounded four others.

“It has been troubling. It has been very difficult, but he has had his rank in the Canadian Forces Restored,” she said.

A verbal ‘thank you’ to Watts was met by applause by those in attendance of the council session.

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