Hundreds gather to pay respects to a fallen soldier

Final salute to a selfless hero
Times Union
By Dennis Yusko
June 18, 2013

Hundreds gather to pay respects to a fallen soldier

An Army honor guard marches across the tarmac to receive the casket carrying the remains
of Lt. Col. Todd Clark at the Albany International Airport
Monday June 17, 2013, in Colonie, N.Y.
(Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Mourners lined Wolf Road and other Colonie streets Monday to welcome home the body of fallen Army Lt. Col. Todd Clark.

A military jet carrying Clark's remains arrived just before 10 a.m. at Albany International Airport. A motorcycle escort accompanied the hearse and family members as they took a slow drive through Colonie.

"I just feel terrible about what happened to him and everyone else over there," said Wayne Chandler, a retired plumber from Colonie. "We're over there trying to help them, and they are killing us."

Clark, 40, died June 8 in eastern Afghanistan, where he and two other Americans were shot to death by a disgruntled Afghan soldier they were mentoring, Clark's family said.
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