HEROES OF KABUL: ‘All good here,’ Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss wrote in last message to mom

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Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss was among the 13 American service members killed by a suicide bomber one year ago during the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

"Ryan doesn't leave me on any day," Paula Knauss Selph told Fox News. If she could see him again, she said she would just want to hold him and tell him,"job well done."Left, a young Ryan Christian Knauss smiles for a photo while dressed up as a soldier. Right, Knauss poses for a picture nearly 20 years later as a soldier.

Ryan begged his mom to let him switch from private school to Gibbs High School so he could join its junior ROTC program. One afternoon during his senior year of high school, he brought home a recruiter and a piece of paper. Ryan’s family took him to Washington, D.C., in May 2016 for his senior trip. He had told his parents he wanted to see the history of his nation. He took in the monuments and museums on the National Mall. He spent a solemn day at Arlington.

Ryan worked hard to make it into Special Operations Forces and ultimately joined the 9th Battalion, 8th Psychological Operations Group .

 

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