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According to business historian Regina Lee Blaszczyk, the partners “acknowledged consumer sovereignty and crafted a strategy aimed at meeting demand, rather than shaping it.”

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There were flashes that went through his mind when he landed, Blaszczyk recalls.

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In Germany, as Blaszczyk was in a coma, the doctors decided to try to save his right leg, which had about 80 per cent nerve damage and more than 55 per cent of soft tissue destroyed.

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Just six months after the explosion, Blaszczyk has returned to CFB Edmonton and despite an hour of physio every day, works a full shift in the dispatch office at the base.

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Inside, Blaszczyk says she knew Brock could lose all of his limbs and still be grateful to be alive.

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The force of the explosion sent Blaszczyk, who was carrying about 65 kgs of equipment, six metres in the air.

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"Never did I think I would be in the military and not be in a situation where this could happen," says Blaszczyk.

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Just six months after the explosion, Blaszczyk has returned to CFB Edmonton and despite an hour of physio every day, works a full shift in the dispatch office at the base.

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At 21 years old, five months into his first mission and one month before he was scheduled to return home, on April 3, 2010, Blaszczyk took one step in the wrong place on a former Russian mine.

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There was no doubt in his mind, Blaszczyk says, that both of his legs would be amputated.

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