John
01-11-2010, 09:51 AM
Philip Coburn, 43, who works for the Sunday Mirror, will be treated at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham.
He and Mr Hamer, the paper's defence correspondent, were caught up in the blast on Saturday while embedded with US Marines.
Tributes poured in for the 39-year-old father-of-three who became the first British journalist to die in the Afghanistan war zone.
Coburn remains in a serious but stable condition.
The pair were accompanying a patrol when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device north west of Nawa in Helmand province.
The blast also killed a US Marine and left five more with serious injuries.
Sunday Mirror editor Tina Weaver paid tribute to Hamer who was on his fifth trip to Afghanistan: "He was a fine, fearless, and skilled writer who joined the paper 12 years ago. Affectionately known as Corporal Hamer in the office, he was a gregarious figure, a wonderful friend who was hugely popular with his colleagues.
She continued: "Above all he was devoted to his wife Helen and their three young children. Our thoughts and condolences are with Helen, his father Nick, who he was so close to, and the children he was so proud of."
He and Mr Hamer, the paper's defence correspondent, were caught up in the blast on Saturday while embedded with US Marines.
Tributes poured in for the 39-year-old father-of-three who became the first British journalist to die in the Afghanistan war zone.
Coburn remains in a serious but stable condition.
The pair were accompanying a patrol when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device north west of Nawa in Helmand province.
The blast also killed a US Marine and left five more with serious injuries.
Sunday Mirror editor Tina Weaver paid tribute to Hamer who was on his fifth trip to Afghanistan: "He was a fine, fearless, and skilled writer who joined the paper 12 years ago. Affectionately known as Corporal Hamer in the office, he was a gregarious figure, a wonderful friend who was hugely popular with his colleagues.
She continued: "Above all he was devoted to his wife Helen and their three young children. Our thoughts and condolences are with Helen, his father Nick, who he was so close to, and the children he was so proud of."