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Oct 29, 2009 5:22 pm US/Central
Terrell Soldier Killed In Afghan Chopper Crash
TERRELL (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
President Obama got a firsthand look at the ultimate cost of war. He made a surprise overnight visit to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, to witness the return of 18 Americans killed this week in Afghanistan.
One of those soldiers is a native of Terrell. Shawn McNabb was killed in a helicopter crash.
Rainstorms darkened the day for the Town of Terrell on Thursday. The grayness that surrounded local businesses like the Village of Poetry and Jack's Town and Country Feed Store was also fed by the news of a hometown boy killed in action.
"Everything was Shawn," McNabb's friend Dee Glover said of the medic's parents. "They were just so proud of him."
Glover had known Shawn all of his life. She watched the 2003 Terrell High School graduate grow up right next door and she watched his family leave this morning headed to Georgia.
Shawn, a combat medic with the U.S. Army, died Sunday. Glover proudly exclaimed that Shawn was a fine example of the community he called home. "I went back and sat with them, because it's so hard and they don't have any family that's really close... nothing right around here. And when you're sitting there and you're by yourself, it's twice as hard on you. And to lose your son, your only son, even makes it worse."
We're told Shawn McNabb wanted to follow in his mother's footsteps. Shawn's mother was a nurse.
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