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Fathers open up about the loss of their hero sons in Kabul attack

2021-08-30 | 🔗
Mark Schmitz and Darin Hoover speak about losing their sons in the attack in Kabul on 'Hannity'
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Use code tv and get fifty dollars off plus a free foot, rest use code tv and get fifty dollars tonight we are continuing to remember the american heroes lost in last weeks. Terror attack at the international Airport in Kabul, thirteen brave men in women from all across the country as young as twenty years old, made the ultimate sacrifice serving their country with Henri bravery distinction. We have an all volunteer military grade. Those brave souls take on the challenge. They are the national treasure that rose to the equation represented the very best our country has to offer. Quite frankly, they deserve so much better than this, and better than to have Joe Biden looked down and checked. His watch during the dignified transfer of remains over the weekend joined me now to Goldstar fathers who lost their sons in fathers who lost their sons in
last weeks. Attack. Let me start with you mark. If I may be a your son was sent back to Afghanistan to assist with the evacuation efforts. You said it something he always wanted to do of never seen a young man train as hard as he did to be. The best soldier he could be, he went back just for this mission. Explain is he did first. I just wanted to say that Jared has exemplified so much that any man could ever strive for and made me so proud to watch him undertake this endeavor of going into the marine corps he completed his boot camp. He went to. Jordan was excited about that and was constantly looking to do
more and was given that opportunity. First, I want to say to both of you. If I may come as a parent, nobody can understand the loss that both of you have gone through. I cant imagine the pain that both of you are living through and im. Very sorry about that mark. You met with Biden over the weekend. How did that go initially? I wasnt going to meet with him, but then I felt I owed it to Mason two at least have some words with him about how I felt and it didnt go well. He talked a bit more about his own son. Then he did my son in that didnt sit well with me. Your son was a hero. I cant imagine the pain I really cant here in you said your son had the biggest heart in the world
and no parent and as a parent. I think every parent watching right now understands this. No parent should have to bury their sons or daughter its not supposed to work that way. He was scheduled to return home on September 15th and retire in marry. His fiance Nicole, I cant imagine how youre feeling today its the absolute worst feeling in the world having them be away for so long and doing the job that they all love. There is no doubt about it. Being a marine to these guys is everything. Is everything and having this happen to these heroes, every one of them is a hero. Every one of them is a hero
every last one of them. They died with her brothers in their sisters, right next to them doing exactly what they all wanted to do, and that is defending this country, Americas, national treasure thats. How I referred to them. You chose not to meet with President Aydin. I dont know if you want to comment on that, when I saw Biden. Look at his watch, I was literally like youve, got to be kidding to me because all of this was preventable. We saw them on the march. We had April May June July to extradite everybody in our equipment in we didnt do it. Why did you choose not to meet with the president for exactly the reasons you just gave? We said absolutely not. We didnt want to deal with them. We didnt want to. We
didnt want him anywhere near us. We as a family decided that that was the way it was going to be in reference to the checking of his watch. That didnt happen just once. It happened on every single one that came out of that airplane. It happened on every single one of them, they would release the salute and he would look down at his watch on every last one all thirteen he looked down at his watch as a father. You know seeing that as a disrespect and hearing from his former leaders, one of his master sergeant said exactly what you just said, that
this was avoidable, that they left them over there. They let them down. We cant have that it cant happen. Ever again. We also abandoned Americans. Americans now are on their own. We left them behind mark. Do you want to comment on the watch incident? Did you notice the same thing is? I did I leaned into my sons, mothers ear in I said I swear to God if he checks his watch one more time, and that was probably only four times in I couldnt look at him anymore after that considering the time and why we were there. I found it to be the most disrespectful thing id ever seen. I know there are no words that any commentator or host could express thats going to
take your pain away, but I can tell you that this audience shares in your anger and shares in a deep appreciation in thankfulness in sadness, at an unnecessary loss of life. In this case, we will be praying for all of you in your families, these incredible young men that you raised that made this country the greatest country on earth. There are some leaders, they dont make the country great, but they did.
Transcript generated on 2021-09-04.