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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Son of late Maj. Brent Taylor gets special tour of Air Force Two


SALT LAKE CITY — When Vice President Mike Pence stepped off Air Force Two on Wednesday, 10-year-old Alex Taylor was waiting on the tarmac — alongside his mother, Jennie, and Gov. Gary Herbert — in a gray suit too warm for the blazing early evening sun.

Alex, the son of the late Utah National Guard Maj. Brent Taylor, who was killed in an insider attack on a Kabul, Afghanistan, training center in November 2018, described being part of the welcoming party and meeting the vice president as “really cool” as he clutched a commemorative Air Force Two coin he’d received as a gift.

His mother’s voice cracked with emotion as she spoke about meeting Pence.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Does anyone really wonder why, for 8 years, we saw no such compassion from the Whitehouse? We can only hope that a new $15M home will keep the old crew busy. I wonder if she's still proud to ba an American? Doesn't matter though.....