across the country, much of the Pier family – sons, daughters, and even a few grandkids – will gather in the front yard of Vikki and Mark Pier's home in North Carolina.
Lance Cpl. Noah Pier was killed in action in Afghanistan on Feb. 16, 2010. It was the 25-year-old Marine's second deployment. Monday marks the 10th Memorial Day that his parents, Vikki and Mark Pier, have celebrated and honored their eldest son, and grieved his loss. Vikki and Mark Pier try to visit Arlington National Cemetery as often as they can. Due to the coronavirus, they won't be able to visit this year on Memorial Day."There's no way we would not celebrate it -- we would not honor him -- even with this COVID," Vikki Pier told ABC News.
Lance Corporal Noah Pier was killed in action on February 16, 2010 in Afghanistan. He left behind two parents and nine siblings and received a purple heart for his service. More than 645,000 Americans have been killed in conflicts since WWI -- a sacrifice that"cost a lot of families everything," as Vikki Pier put it.Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis.
Did that prick governor Newsome, okay this ?
Why are the flags attached to the back of the planes not waving in the wind as the planes soar across the Californian sky?
🇺🇸🙏👍❤️💜God Bless USA our country 1
ww2 vets are rolling in their graves as Newsom dictates california, Whitmer dictatess Michigan... the other states are germany lite
The greatness of this country!
really close!
Jackmac232
What the heck are those rivers the planes cross over? Not the LA river, but the real rivers after the golf course?
these things are cool but these airframes are not fit for service anymore
my Uncle was in the army Air Force, WWll and flew one of those bombers, he was MIA with crew over Japan, and shot dowm...there is a memorial in Hawaii with his name on it.
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P51 Mustang, or not?
Golly gee wow
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WhiteHouse THOU SHALT NOT MURDER IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS GUILTY OF MURDER FOR YEARS AND YEARS. HELL MIGHT BE FOREVER. HADES, INFERNO, THE LAKE OF FIRE.
Paying respect
Sweet garage
Since the passing of my father (Navy) 6yrs ago I can't listen to Taps no more - it rips me to shreds.
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God bless
Still brings tears to my eyes as one of the few memories of my Dad's funeral as well as the 21 gun salute he received in 1982, 2 months shy of receiving his military retirement, after serving in WWII & Korea, Lt Col, US ARMY, then commanded the 45th Infantry Oklahoma Nat'l Guard
Taps,!
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Fingers don’t move a millimeter. All breathwork
Thank you sir for what you’re doing today and every day
So beautiful. The veterans and aircraft of the Greatest Generation. God bless all our veterans today.
Thanks. Nice flyover. Love you, stay well and with the rain, stay dry! See you Champion!
Politics Stop spending money on friggin plane flyovers. Spend it on the people ✊
Sorry ABC...…..What are we 'Celebrating' today?
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LA MÚSICA ES EXTRAORDINARIA ASÍ CÓMO LA DISCIPLINA DEL VUELO DE LAS CUADRILLAS DE AVIONES DE UN MOTOR DE LA SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL.
Looks like P51s and Corsairs 🇺🇸
Always get nervous when vintage planes fly overhead. Anything goes wrong and they lose control..serious damages/loss of life.
Joe looks Presidential.
This is how you do it!🎶🎶
What a show wearing a mask in open air at 6 feet of distance of everyone. And he pretend to be the leader and President of America.
Ladies and gentlemen- the next president and First Lady
This is how it should be.
HardTruthonLife This is what a president and first lady look like ❤❤❤
Classy...
realdonaldtrump This is how you show respect for veterans. This is how you show respect for public health. This is how you show respect for America. This is how you do all of those things and avoid making it about you. MemorialDay2020 America COVID19
How a REAL president acts.
Best headline I’ve seen on this subject. Good job.
GTFA trolls *go the f*k away*
That is Presidential!🇺🇸
MadelynCoyne Much respect given to the future President of the United States and First Lady .
MileHiSteve7 That’s what we’re supposed to be doing on this solemn day. With face masks, too!
Hey Joe, YourMaskAintBlack
Why would you wear a mask outside? Idiot.
Can’t help but wonder how many of those service members he set up to be killed by our enemies like his boss BarackObama and HillaryClinton did.
RonaldKlain Class and gravitas. Won't it be nice to have a real President again?
As a veteran and a nurse I sincerely appreciate this🌹
Any Boat parades going on for Biden today? LOL
AnitaCreamer This is how our President should act. His educated wife attends as well. What a power couple. JoeBiden GOJOEBIDEN Biden2020
Very respectful! They are honorable
This is what a real president looks and sounds like
True leadership in full display.
NEVER JOE BIDEN!!
RonaldKlain What a leader looks like
CyrilDeLaPerri2 Here's a first - class family, and MY next President.
This is how a leader looks.
mcrouchpr Biden out for the 1st time since March 15th! What has he achieved during past 2 months? Has it been a leisurely LONG VACATION ? while Trump Administration worked 24/7 n their asses off at the most challenging time in modern history.
rolandsmartin A class act! I can’t wait until they’re in the White House. Future POTUS & FLOTUS!
Behind the black mask of JoeBiden
Black suit and a white wreath? Interesting symbolism.
Why are they wearing mask when there was no one around..
CLASS!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That's how you lead by example 🇺🇸😷💙 JOE BIDEN 2020
At least he wore a fucking face mask
rolandsmartin 46
I know I'm not supposed to be irreverent today, of all days. I do honor those that lost their lives so I can live in freedom. Now, Joe looks so BADASS in those glasses and the mask. Kind of like he is coming to save America from the tyranny Trump has created.
🙏♥️ Biden2020 VoteByMail2020
What is he doing? Is he shading his eyes?
The golf bag is in the trunk. He’s got his golf shoes on already. He’ll be on the first tee 20 mins after that wreath hits the ground.
Very nice, a solemn & befitting ceremony on this Memorial Day. And some of the comments here demonstrate how liberals must nit pick & criticize every breath and move this president makes to the Nth degree. God bless America & God bless POTUS. MemorialDay2020
ABC. You have obviously screwed up today with a positive POTUS story. I suspect you may have rookies covering on a holiday
He’s a five time draft dodging turncoat Russian operative that steals from VA funds. His presence is a disgrace to our nations fallen heroes and their sacrifice.
TheView How’s the your 🍖 spurs.
Isn’t there a pandemic going on ?! Where is the masks and social distancing?
Heard he threw a tantrum and peed into his depends before they forced him to go. The only reason he went is because they told him it would be filmed.
Given what he's said to and about gold star parents, widow of a fallen soldier, a 5yr prisoner of war, his disgraceful evasion of service, his use of veterans (some of whom died) to peddle a pill he may have an interest in, his presence at this sacred ceremony feels insulting.
Nice he decided to show up - Look at him! He looks like he's going to fall over!
He looks like he's about to topple over. And why is this draft dodging coward saluting? And why is he even on hallowed ground? I know, optics. He resides in the Oval and has to be there even though he doesn't deserve it. I can still ask.
...,awkwardly. (Finished it for you). Why does he salute? The man loves pretending he's military but when he (or anyone in his family) got the opportunity to serve, they balked. Pence looks more Presidential next to baby hands Trump.
TheView
It's nice to see trump pretending to give a hoot.
Om god i loves so much my president💜💜💜 and my vice realDonaldTrump POTUS VP Mike_Pence ♥️♥️♥️
TheView 6 feet?
Why would trump salute?
.realDonaldTrump wobbling around reminds me of “weebles wobble but they don’t fall down”
Wibbly wobbly (druggy?). Embarrassing. Taken out of camera shot so sad and humiliating. Powerful evidence of deterioration. POWERFUL! POTUS WhiteHouse VP PressSec SenateGOP GOP HouseGOP GOPChairwoman GOPLeader
Trump can’t stand still. He continually sways and rebalances.
Greatest president ever
Trump has no idea what today means. The clueless person on earth.
GMA Never served. Shouldn’t be saluting.
TheView Oh dear....a whole 5 minutes where he couldn't talk about himself. True sacrifice. 😒
CookKCEgyptian Which HE did NOT lay😒👀
Trump is NOT MY President! Office was taken by GOPCorruptionOverCountry VoteBidenSoTrumpCanGolf at Leavenworth! MemorialDay2020
Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi says “no matter how hard the Democrats and their allies in the media try, Biden’s cognitive issues can no longer be ignored”.
Biden received five student draft deferments and was disqualified from service because of teenage asthma, The Associated Press reported. Trump received five deferments during the war because of his education and from bone spurs in his heels, according to The New York Times.
Let remind everyone why this scum should not set (bone spurs) foot on hallowed ground.
Trump can’t stand still! What’s up with that!!! Always twitching. Can’t wait to get out of there and go play golf again🤢😡
Let remind everyone why this scum should not set (bone spurs) foot on hallowed ground.
Brave Americans fought and died to protect and defend our great nation from despots, demagogues, tyrants, dictators, and Fascists, not to embrace, enable, and install them in the White House. The GOP dishonor their memory with their allegiance to Trump. MemorialDay
Let remind everyone why this scum should not set (bone spurs) foot on hallowed ground.
PresidentPlump is looking a little wobbly WeebleWobble HumtyDumpty
reminds me of someone who's drunk and thinks that they are hiding it really well by standing so straight and steady, when they are clearly not steady at all!
Isn’t he supposed to? This is kudos?
No masks? Social distance? Assholes, all of ‘em🤡
GMA God Bless America! 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻❤️
tRump can't stand still. Drunk? High? Disabled? Nope. It's just hard to stand still in 3' heels.
Disgraceful
Aren't you only supposed to salute when in uniform? Glad to see the wind didn't blow his fat ass over.
What are these balance issues?
Sacriledge!
Waiting for him to tip over
Why does Trump stand that way? It's so weird.
He's swaying. Balance problem?
Leaning tower of pizza. DownloaderBot
Was that military school service!
Beautiful!
wonder if one of the 5 people he sent to fight in his place is the unknown soldier....
Back to tweeting after this😉
Sad to see so many haters on such a solemn day and event.
Interesting they cut Trump out of the wide shot...maybe cause he can't stand without swaying?
Trump 2020 🇺🇸 you libs will be crying for another 4 years
Why is that draft dodger saluting?
We love our CINC!
I see three people with masks in a crowd of 11.
Respect
TheView Despicable fascist Trump is an insult to all humanity.
Liberals triggered.
He acts high. Can't stand without wobbling.
Dementia rocking....
The three stooges
DRAFT DODGER DONALD TRUMPLIVEDVETSDIED CadetBoneSpurs
That would be funny if he said he wanted to start a commission on finding out who the unknown soldiers were.
How inspirational-give me a break. This joke of a president who has the leadership qualities of a mouse.
Does he have his golf shoes on today?
His whole body was shaky.
I searched your website last night and could find no mention of what time this ceremony took place. Shame on you for not having anything on your website about this ahead of time. Simple reporting..who what when where...guess you forgot.
Much too close together Not a mask in sight How are the people of this country expected to act responsibly when their leaders don’t It is disrespectful to those who laid down their luves for their countrymen when their leaders don’t value those lives by setting an example
Masks on, morons
Draft dodger!
No social distancing and no masks! Anti American!
Lmao. The dude that loves America so much that he escaped the draft every chance he got.
A draft dodger at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. How patriotic.
RealJamesWoods robreiner GhostPanther
Completely incapable of standing still
WHAT A LAUGH!! THE HYPOCRITE !
Loves the United States, proud of our Armed Forces. And people will use this opportunity for divisiveness and childish comments.
Melania was busy.............
Anyone know whether he's following proper protocol? Curious.
What a disgrace
An upcoming Dictator at a memorial for the fallen for the defense of Democracy. He makes me want to puke.💩💩💩
The dodger ...and again no mask 😷
He needed more adderall I thought he was going to pass out and fall over.
weeble wobbles
Is he awake? Usually he dozes off during ceremonies
is there a golf course near there?
Thank you for your service
The generation that saved the world. Thank you and God bless
I thank you and your brother for your service to our country, we owe more than anyone will ever know to this great generation of men and women who served, and died for us
My dad Norman E. Ricks served in the navy in ww2 as a operating room technician on savannah island, he met my mom in Georgia and had nine kids, Michael Ricks served in viet nam, Paul national guard, Reid army and air force, dad later volunteered as a hospice spiritual counselor,.
Trump
Democrats asked it !
Excuse me. He only did that because Pelosi and co forced him. Don’t even dare give that ignorant animal credit
To condole the deceased novel coronavirus victims, not to honor !
And then went golfing
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Trump’s golfing while Americans are dying!
Wow ABC posting something nice about the President...At least they went away from their agenda for one day. memorialdayweekend2020 Watch out tomorrow the FakeNewsMedia will be in high gear making up for the lost day today.
Then played golf all weekend as thousands more died. Miss me with his concern 🙄
Democrats are opposed naturally.
Actually....he was shamed into doing it.
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To late to win over the American people.
They already are, and have been for a while in Michigan.
Don’t we always lower them on Memorial Day anyway ?
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