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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: libertybele on August 28, 2021, 01:41:54 am
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Nevada boy, 14, plays Taps with US flag at half-staff to honor fallen service members in Afghanistan
A Carson City, Nevada, boy pulled on heartstrings when he honored the 13 service members who died in Afghanistan on Thursday by playing Taps before a U.S. flag at half-staff outside his family's home.
Devin Lenihan, 14, is a cadet senior airman with the Nevada Civil Air Patrol, which offers support to the U.S. Air Force. His father, Sean Lenihan, served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 10 and a half years.
"He was pretty upset about the whole situation and didn't know what to do and [his mother] kind of guided him," Lenihan told Fox News, calling it a "spur of the moment" performance.......
(video @ link)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nevada-boy-plays-taps-afghanistan