Norco vigil honors 13 service members killed one year ago in Afghanistan bombing

A solemn evening with prayers, the playing of bagpipes and a 21-gun salute paid tribute to those who died about a year ago in theAt least 100 family, friends and members of the public gathered Thursday night, Aug. 25, at the George Ingalls Veterans Memorial Plaza in Norco to remember the 13 U.S. service members in a town that one of them called home.

The American flag is lowered to half staff during a vigil on the eve of the first anniversay for the 13 U.S. Marines killed in an attack at the Kabul International Airport at George A. Ingalls Memorial Plaza in Norco Thursday Aug. 25, 2022. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20 from Norco, was one of 13 US service members killed in a suicide bombing outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021.

Mick Rose plays bagpipes during a Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, vigil in Norco commemorating the first anniversary of a bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. Shana Chappell, left, holds a plaque honoring her fallen son with event organizer R.J. Spiegel, 12 from Corona, following a vigil on the eve of the first anniversay for the 13 U.S. Marines killed in an attack at the Kabul International Airport Lancei at George A. Ingalls Memorial Plaza in Norco Thursday Aug. 25, 2022.

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