Coping with the loss of a husband killed at war

Coping with the loss of a husband killed at war
By David Ariosto, CNN
April 30, 2011 4:49 p.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Jeff Ausborn was among 8 U.S. service members killed in a Kabul airport shooting
The attack also left an American contractor dead
Ausborn is survived by his wife, Suzanna, and 5 children

(CNN) -- Suzanna Ausborn first met her husband during a deployment in Kuwait, where their work and friendship in the same Air Force unit would later blossom into a budding romance.

She soon fell in love with Jeff, an only child and Alabama resident. And despite the 19-year veteran's regular deployments halfway around the world, she said they had remained inseparable.

"Jeff is one of the types of people when you meet, you want to be around him all the time," she said. "You never want to be away from him."

But when Suzanna didn't receive a call from her husband earlier this week, she began to worry.

"We talked nearly every day -- that's how I knew something was wrong, I didn't hear from him."
Jeff Ausborn was among eight American service members killed on Wednesday by an Afghan pilot who opened fire at an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

A U.S. contractor was also killed in a shooting that has since prompted an investigation into the suspected security breach that resulted in the deaths of nine Americans.
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Coping with the loss of a husband killed at war