PLUM, Pa. — A local soldier is recovering after being wounded in Afghanistan over the weekend.
Sgt. Shane Stipancic, of Plum, is a member of the Army's 101st Airborne Division
Officials said over the weekend, Stipancic was shot twice in the back while on a routine mission. He is being treated at a military hospital in Germany.
DeSalvo said she talked to her son on Monday and that he is eager to get well and return to his unit.
"It was a numbing feeling. I can't explain getting the initial phone call of Shane being shot," said Stipancic's mother Tina DeSalvo. "I can't even explain it."