'They were taking incredible personal risk for rescuing and helping Americans and Afghans every single minute of the day,' IanPannell says about fallen U.S. service members.
With their right hands placed over their hearts, the president and first lady Jill Biden attended a solemn ceremony at Dover Air Force Base as the remains of 13 service members killed in a suicide bomb attack at the gates of the Kabul airport were returned to the United States.President Joe Biden, center, attends the dignified transfer of the remains of a fallen service members at Dover Air Force Base, Aug. 29, 2021, in Dover, Delaware.
It was the first time as commander in chief that Biden has attended a dignified transfer ceremony for military members killed in Afghanistan.President Joe Biden and other officials, attend the dignified transfer of the remains of fallen service members at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, Aug. 29, 2021, after 13 members of the US military were killed in Afghanistan last week.
The Bidens were joined on the tarmac at Dover by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The president and the military leaders stood at attention as the 13 cases, each draped in the U.S. flag were carried one by one out of the bay of C-17 military cargo plane and placed into waiting vans.
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