The US Embassy in Kabul again warned US citizens at a number of gates at the airport to 'leave immediately,' citing security threats. Follow live updates
From CNN's Gloria De LeonThe family of US Marine Rylee McCollum confirmed to CNN that he died in Thursday's suicide bombing outside Kabul's international airport.
Roice McCollum, Rylee's older sister, said her brother was"an amazing man with a passion for the Marines."He was a son, a brother, a husband and a father with a baby due in just three weeks," she told CNN in a statement, saying that Rylee had wanted to be a Marine his whole life, so much so that even as a toddler he carried around a toy rifle in his diapers and cowboy boots.
Roice said that her brother, a native of Wyoming, was on his first deployment and had been determined to be in the infantry. He was sent to Afghanistan when the evacuation began and had been manning the checkpoint when the explosion occurred, she said. "Rylee wanted to be a history teacher and a wrestling coach when he finished serving his country," she said."Rylee will always be a hero not just for the ultimate sacrifice he made for our country but for the way he impacted every life around him for the better. Making us stronger, kinder, teaching us to love deeper. We love you Rylee."share with Facebook
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