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A-10 Tankbusters roar overhead and thousands of mourners line streets as body of Marine killed in Kabul attack makes final journey back to Indiana hometown, ditto in Jackson, WY for their Marine | |
2021-09-13 | |
Jackson, Wyoming, Explodes In A Sea Of American Flags And 600 Harleys To Honor Fallen Son, Marine LCPL Rylee McCollum
Hundreds of people lined the streets with American flags during McCollum’s police-escorted funeral process downtown, and held their hands over their hearts as “The Star-Spangled Banner” was played. Twenty-year-old McCollum lived 45 minutes from Jackson. A newlywed, McCollum was expecting a baby in three weeks before he tragically perished Aug. 26, according to the Casper Star Tribune. He was said to be manning a checkpoint at the airport in Kabul. It was his first deployment. McCollum “wanted to be a Marine his whole life and carried around his rifle in his diapers and cowboy boots,” said his sister, Roice McCollum, according to The Casper Star Tribune. “He was determined to be in infantry … Rylee wanted to be a history teacher and a wrestling coach when he finished serving his country. He’s a tough, kind, loving kid who made an impact on everyone he met.” President Joe Biden spoke with the family members of the 13 killed service members after he attended their dignified transfer to Walter Reed National Medical Center on Sept. 2. McCollum’s sister responded to Biden’s speech by saying that the president had shown “a total disregard to the loss of our Marine.” “You can’t fuck up as bad as he did and say you’re sorry,” she said. “This did not need to happen, and every life is on his hands.” | |
Posted by:Skidmark |
#3 All died needlessly due to perimeter security cock-up. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2021-09-13 18:33 |
#2 One of East Tennessee's returned from Afghanistan. RIP SSG Ryan Knauss. Many of these young people who were killed were not born at the time of 911. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2021-09-13 16:31 |
#1 Rest In Peace |
Posted by: NN2N1 2021-09-13 06:08 |