Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government The brother of one of the 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul airport bombing committed suicide at his memorial, nearly one year after the attack.
Police reported that Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui’s older brother, Dakota Halverson, 28, died on Aug. 9. Their mother, Shana Chappell, announced the heartbreaking news the same day.
“The month of August has been very hard so far with the one year coming up. I look at my kids as strong and like they can handle anything. That was my mistake. My son Dakota has been talking a lot lately about how he just wants to be with Kareem, how much he misses him, etc…. We all feel that way so I didn’t see the signs. This morning my son Dakota went to be with his brother Kareem,” she wrote in a Facebook post…
