Former FIRST student and mentor dies in a tragic rocket attack in Iraq today.

[Munkaboo]

It's rather hard to realize how difficult things are for his family right now... I'll try to make this post as coherent as I can.


Karl Linn, a Synergy Robotics team member from 3 years ago, and a former member of 405 (I believe this is what it was) lost his life today in Iraq from a rocket-propelled grenade while he was on patrol. His brother and father, member and mentor respectively, are both core members of our team and I cannot properly express how sad this is for us all.

Karl was a student at VCU for a while before he joined the military, and was a mentor for us before he joined the Marines. He also designed our famous logo and started our legacy of "best buttons."

If you would like to express your condolences to the family, contact me and I will give you his brother's e-mail address. But you can also post on our forum and give your sympathies.

http://team975.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46