{"id":791618,"date":"2021-09-19T15:29:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T19:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=791618"},"modified":"2021-09-19T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T19:29:31","slug":"lance-cpl-kareem-nikoui-cpl-hunter-lopez-sgt-nicole-gee-remembered-for-heroism-and-sacrifice-in-calif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lance-cpl-kareem-nikoui-cpl-hunter-lopez-sgt-nicole-gee-remembered-for-heroism-and-sacrifice-in-calif\/","title":{"rendered":"Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Sgt. Nicole Gee remembered for heroism and sacrifice in Calif."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flance-cpl-kareem-nikoui-cpl-hunter-lopez-sgt-nicole-gee-remembered-for-heroism-and-sacrifice-in-calif%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=791618&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2524258\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2524258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sacramento Municipal Utility District employees fly a flag and display photos of Marine Corps. Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, as the hearse carrying her remains drives past on the way Mount Vernon Memorial Park in Fair Oaks, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:16 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, September 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Three fallen Marines are celebrated in California after making the ultimate sacrifice in the Kabul terror bombing. On Saturday, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, Cpl. Hunter Lopez and Sgt. Nicole Gee were laid to rest at different locations across California. All three were killed in the terrorist attack at the Kabul airport, along with 10 other U.S. service members during the disastrous withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Lance Cpl. Nikoui is remembered by his friends and family for being kind and wonderful to be around. Just hours before his untimely death, the 20-year-old was sending videos showing him interacting with local Afghan kids, making them smile when all seemed lost in their home. The family said Nikoui always wanted to be a Marine and to help people.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2524261\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2524261\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2524261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/kareee.jpg\" alt=\"This undated photo released by the 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton\/U.S. Marines shows Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif. Eleven Marines, one Navy sailor and one Army soldier were among the dead, while 18 other U.S. service members were wounded in Thursday Aug. 26, bombing, which was blamed on Afghanistan&#039;s offshoot of the Islamic State group. (U.S. Marines via AP)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2524261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This undated photo released by the 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton\/U.S. Marines shows Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif. Eleven Marines, one Navy sailor and one Army soldier were among the dead, while 18 other U.S. service members were wounded in Thursday Aug. 26, bombing, which was blamed on Afghanistan\u2019s offshoot of the Islamic State group. (U.S. Marines via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The attack occurred while the Marine was trying to get three Afghan families to safety near the airport. \u201cHe successfully got three families to safety that day in the midst of the chaos,\u201d said Nikoui\u2019s pastor Phil Wozniak. \u201cAnd then he went back for a small child when the bomb blast went off and the senseless act of evil took his life and many others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cpl. Lopez had his life celebrated in Palm Springs where family and friends remembered him and his heroic final acts. They said he wanted to follow in his parents footsteps and work for the Riverside County Police Department. However, Lopez wanted to serve his country by enlisting in the Marines before he made that step.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old was a member of a Special Crisis Response Team, responsible for providing security and getting people evacuated from the deteriorating country. Just before the blast that took his life, he was helping two young girls who were pinned up against a fence in the chaos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2524259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2524259\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2524259 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/lopez-437x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"This undated photo released by the Riverside County Sheriff&#039;s Department shows U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, left, with his father Capt. Herman Lopez in Riverside, Calif. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, of Indio, Calif., was killed on Aug. 26, in the bomb attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan. Cpl. Lopez, whose parents work at the Riverside County Sheriff&#039;s Department in Southern California, was a sheriff&#039;s Explorer for three years before joining the Marine Corps in September 2017, Sheriff Chad Bianco said. Bianco said Lopez planned to follow in his parents&#039; footsteps and become a Riverside County Sheriff&#039;s Deputy after his deployment. (Riverside County Sheriff&#039;s Department via AP)\" width=\"437\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/lopez-437x437-1.jpg 437w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/lopez-210x210.jpg 210w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/lopez-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/lopez.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2524259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This undated photo released by the Riverside County Sheriff\u2019s Department shows U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez. (Riverside County Sheriff\u2019s Department via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHunter made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. Let us not forget Hunter. Let us not forget Marines like Hunter,\u201d said Lopez\u2019 uncle, Rene Santos. \u201cLet us not forget those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our values, our way of life, for our freedom. Semper Fi, Hunter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Nicole Gee from Northern California was promoted to Sergeant just weeks before her death. She decided to join the service once she met her husband Jarod, who is also a Marine. The 23-year-old set weightlifting records at her boot camp and is a recipient of the Purple Heart.<\/p>\n<p>One of the last pictures of her alive was taken of her in Kabul holding a baby, saying on Instagram she loved her job for moments like that. Her family remembers her as someone who wanted to dedicate her life to being strong and helping others.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2524270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2524270\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2524270 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/nicole-656x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"This undated photo provided by U.S. Department of Defense twitter page posted Aug. 20, 2021 shows Sgt. Nicole Gee holding a baby at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials said Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, that Sgt. Nicole Gee of Sacramento, Calif., was killed in Thursday\u2019s bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. (U.S. Department of Defense via AP)\" width=\"656\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/nicole-656x437-1.jpg 656w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/nicole-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/nicole-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/nicole.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2524270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This undated photo provided by U.S. Department of Defense twitter page posted Aug. 20, 2021 shows Sgt. Nicole Gee holding a baby at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (U.S. Department of Defense via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Standing next to widower husband Jarod at her funeral, Gee\u2019s best friend described how unique an individual the Sergeant was. \u201cI\u2019ve heard Sgt. Nicole Gee described as many things since the August 26 cowardice act that took her life. The most common of which is beautiful. And although she was undeniably beautiful, she was so much more than just a pretty face,\u201d said Sgt. Mallory Harrison. \u201cShe was brilliant, she was bold, and she was brave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All three ceremonies were heavily attended with perfect strangers and family alike showing up to fly American flags and pay their respects to the heroes who gave their all for the country.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-mccarthy-dems-seeking-to-spend-as-much-as-it-cost-to-win-wwii\/\">Rep. McCarthy: Dems Seeking To Spend As Much As It Cost To Win WWII<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento Municipal Utility District employees fly a flag and display photos of Marine Corps. Sgt. Nicole L. 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