Hundreds gather to receive remains of US Marine sergeant Johanny Rosario
Family members react as the remains of Marine Johanny Rosario Pichardo, who was among 13 US service members killed in the airport suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, arrive at Logan international airport in Boston, Massachusetts, the US, September 11 2021. Picture: JOHANTHAN WIGGS/REUTERS
“We came out because she is a hero to us,” said Mary Beth Chosse, who waited for several hours with her 12-year-old son, Gavin. Chosse’s older son is a marine on active duty. “Sergeant Rosario's sacrifice and bravery should always be remembered.” Arias soon after enlisted in the US Army, leaving a comfortable, steady job as a clerk in Lawrence’s water department to join the military effort to root out Al-Qaeda.“There was no question that I had to serve,” Arias said. “I’m sure Johanny Rosario felt the same way.”
Eventually she would become a supply chief, a role usually held by a more senior noncommissioned officer, according to the Marines, and volunteered to be a member of the female engagement team to interact with Afghan women, barred by local custom from talking to male strangers.
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