Long Island mom mourns 'my son, my hero' killed in Afghanistan

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Long Island mom mourns 'my son, my hero' killed in Afghanistan

The mother of a Locust Valley Marine killed in Afghanistan described herself as "broken into a million pieces" but was comforted to know that her younger son, himself a Marine, will escort his brother’s body back to the United States.

Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, 25, was among three Marine reservists killed Monday when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon.

“That was my son, my hero,” Felicia Arculeo of Freeport said in a text message to Newsday. “But in the end, he was America’s son, willing to pay the ultimate price for our freedom, a proud, brave United States Marine.”

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