Monday, November 7, 2011

On Sunday, Sgt. Chris Newman came home

Hundreds honor Sgt. Christopher Newman (with video)
Sunday, Nov 6 2011

Rebecca Clark

The flag draped casket was slowly lowered from the open door of the plane.

The only sound was the footsteps of the military group as they slowly approached, in careful formation, to take up the heavy burden.

A somber line of more than one hundred men and women stood waiting at the edge of the tarmac, each one holding an American flag until the Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport was a sea of Stars and Stripes.

On Sunday, Sgt. Chris Newman came home.

He was welcomed home by around 300 people, including family, members of the community, the Patriot Guard, Honor Guard and local motorcycle groups.

On Oct. 29, Newman, 26, was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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