Ceremonial guardsman impaled by bayonet!

An addendum to the post about the Changing of the Guard. At the end of the Changing of the Guard we watched the bands and guards parade back down Parliament Hill. Jim commented that he thought there was some sloppy marching. We then went to tour Parliament Hill and this was when we saw the soldier on the ground (we were not very near but could see the red uniform and the gun on the ground). As I said in the last post, we thought he had fainted. But it was something much more horrific!. We read in this morning's paper that a 20 year old ceremonial guardsman had slipped on a manhole cover and suffered a severe stab wound from his rifle-mounted bayonet after falling during the parade. He suffered serious blood loss and is in a serious, but stable condition. And the parade had to go on - no wonder there was some sloppy marching!