SANDY, Utah, April 28, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) — Mason Wells left the University of Utah Burn Center Thursday afternoon to continue his recovery at home in Sandy.
Wells, 19, was among three Utah missionaries burned and impaled with shrapnel when they were caught in the terrorist suicide bombing attack on March 22 explosion in the Brussels Airport on March 22.
Also hurt was a fourth LDS missionary, Fanny Rachel Clain, a native of France whom the other three were escorting to the airport for her flight to her Ohio mission.
All four missionaries had been serving at the France-Paris mission, Clain temporarily while she waited for international traveling documents to arrive.
Wells is the second of the three Utahns released from the burn center. Still remaining at the hospital is Richard Norby, 66, of Lehi, who was the most seriously injured.
The first to go home was Joseph Dresden Empey, 20, of Santa Clara.
Wells’ injuries, which continue to heal, included a ruptured Achilles tendon on his left ankle, a broken heel on the same foot, and second degree burns. Wells underwent skin graft surgery earlier this month.
All three Utah missionaries were released from their callings shortly after they arrived stateside, so they could focus on healing.
Wells went home on Thursday, and found yellow balloons tied to neighborhood trees and mailboxes as a welcome from his friends and family.
