LA VERNE, Calif.—On Tuesday, Sept. 21, the body of Dylan R. Merola was returned home to California. Merola was among the dozens killed in an Aug. 26 bombing at a Kabul airport in Afghanistan. From the airport to the cemetery, more than 10 overpasses along the way were crowded with people holding American flags to express their thanks to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola. ISIS-K, an extremist group, has claimed responsibility for the Aug. 26 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, which resulted in the deaths of 13 American soldiers. Among them were four young marines from California, Merola, 20; Nicole L. Gee, 23; Hunter Lopez, 22; and Kareem Nikoui, 20. Merola, from Rancho Cucamonga in California’s San Bernardino County, was a cadet in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) before graduating from high school in 2019. His body was carried in a procession from …
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