A Canadian Armed Forces member who sustained life-altering injuries from an assault while supervising air cadets selling poppies in Hamilton, Ont., has undergone spinal surgery and remains hospitalized.
Capt. Kenneth Kunkel, a commanding officer for the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, “is facing a long and uncertain road ahead” after he was assaulted this weekend, according to an online post from a family friend.
Hamilton police said the 59-year-old was supervising cadets outside a restaurant on Nov. 1 when two youths allegedly approached and “blew a loud air horn directly into their ears.”
The boys ran into the restaurant and Kunkel followed them where a struggle ensued. A woman who had not been involved in the initial dispute allegedly caused him to fall to the ground where he was allegedly struck several times by one of the youths, police said….