A Marine from Gloucester was accidentally shot in Georgia

These paragraphs were copied from an article dated today (March 28, 2015) published in Stars and Stripes.  They reprinted an article, also dated March 28th, in the Gloucester Times.  A link to this article appeared on the Twitter account of Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes), and that's where I saw it.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (TNS) — When Gloucester resident Josie Cary got the call that her son, Dan, had been accidentally shot at the Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia, her first thought was that it was a prank. It wasn't.

Dan Cary, a 19-year-old Marine, Gloucester native, and a 2013 graduate of North Shore Technical High School, is recovering after being been shot in the back Tuesday with an M-16 rifle.

Cary was shot while coming out of a break area on the base, when the weapon went off as one person attempted to hand it over to someone else, Cary's mother said in a phone interview Friday.

The bullet entered his back and exited through his abdomen, causing major damage to his intestines and spleen. He is recovering in Jacksonville, Florida, where he went through his third surgery Friday morning.

"We got the best news we could get today," Josie Cary said, calling from the hospital waiting room. "We just spoke with the surgeon, he's in recovery. They haven't taken the breathing tube out, but hopefully (will) today."

Dan did not know who had shot him, but later learned that it was one of his friends at the base, said Tina Russell, Dan's aunt. She said he has expressed forgiveness for his friend's accident, and is asking people to keep him in their prayers as well.

Josie Cary said her son's fellow Marines performed first aid immediately, and the doctors were impressed at how little blood he lost, given the circumstances.

Those paragraphs are about a third of the entire article.

The Gloucester Daily Times published a followup article today.  These are the first paragraphs.

The nonprofit Gloucester Fund has joined in the effort to raise money for the family of 19-year-old U.S. Marine Dan Cary, the Gloucester native who is recovering after being shot with an M16 rifle and critically wounded on a base in Georgia.

Family and friends of Cary — a 2013 graduate of North Shore Technical High School, and the son of Dan and Josie Cary of Gloucester — have set up a GoFundMe.com account to seek support for covering costs associated with visiting and assisting in his recovery.

But Barry Pett, who heads up The Gloucester Fund, said that some residents and others might like to make a tax deductible contribution to the effort.

"As such, The Gloucester Fund has opened an account for this purpose," Pett said.

Pett noted that "100 percent" of the money collected through the fund will be passed on to the Cary family. He said anyone seeking to make a tax-deductible contribution may do so by sending a check to The Gloucester Fund, 45 Middle St., Gloucester, MA 01930.

Contributors must include the name "Dan Cary" in the memo section to ensure that funds get directed to the proper account, Pett said.

Those seeking to help the Cary family may also contribute through the GoFundMe account at http://www.gofundme.com/pw3q4w.

Get well soon, Marine. They have your back.