Article: Tell me he's lost his arms and his legs..but just tell me he's not dead -CHRISTINA SCHMID; AFGHANISTAN WIDOW OPENS HER HEART.(News)

Byline: MELISSA THOMPSON

AS she tucked her five-year-old son Laird into bed on Saturday night, Christina Schmid got the knock on the door she had been dreading.

Leaning out of the window she spotted two men wearing the green military berets of the Royal Logistics Corps, and her heart sank.

Christina knew they were bringing bad news about her husband Olaf, a bomb disposal hero in Afghanistan.

Little Laird blurted out in excitement: "They're wearing a green lid, it's Daddy Oz." But she had to tell the youngster his brave stepfather was not ...

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