Afghanistan | Humberto Sánchez | Latest messages from one of the dead U.S. Marines in Kabul: “I want you to keep telling my stories” | Briseño Coral | NNDC | WORLD

Humberto Sanchez, 22, raised in Indiana, died last Thursday in Kabul (Afghanistan). The young man was one of 13 U.S. servicemen killed in the suicide bombing at the Afghan capital’s airport.

as reported Univision, Sanchez he was only two years old when the war began in Afghanistan, October 2001. In the armed forces of the United States he achieved the rank of corporal.

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Sanchez’s mother, Carol Briseño, Reported that his son was deployed in Jordan, but when he began the final stage of evacuation in Acceptance was moved next to a group to Afghanistan to support with withdrawal.

“(My son’s navy group) were the closest to get to Afghanistan, And the most preparedSaid the mother. Humberto Sánchez it had “more than four years listed“And I plan to retire in July.

Briseño argued that the days have been complicated for his family. “We are dismayed. (…) We are all suffering the loss, not just the family“In addition, he revealed that the last time he talked to his son was about three weeks ago.

Humberto he explained that they would move him to Afghanistan for the evacuation of the embassy of the United States in Kabul. However, on the spot they were told that the mission was another: “At Kabul airport to assist with evacuations”.

“Mom, let’s evacuate people from the airport. Mom, if I don’t come back, I want you to keep telling my stories“, Said the moved mother. “He told me, ‘I’m ready, I’m ready for anything. This has been my job. I was trained for that.'”

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“I know he was in the perfect place, at the perfect time. It was his time, God called him and God has put a lot of peace in our hearts because my son was a super loved person.”, he added Briceño.

Finally, Sanchez’s mother indicated that she wants her son to be remembered as a “hero”.

The thirteen soldiers were killed Thursday in an attack on the airport Acceptance, Claimed by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, which also caused 18 wounded American soldiers and dozens of Afghan deaths and injuries.

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The attack, which consisted of an explosion caused by a suicide bomber with an explosives vest and an armed assault, took place while evacuation work was being carried out by Americans and Afghans, as well as citizens of other countries. , through the airport, which is under the control of United States.

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