Two of the 13 U.S. service members who were killed in the awful Kabul airport bomb attack in Afghanistan on Thursday were Marines from Southern California.
Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui was from Norco and graduated from Norco High School in 2019. The city of Norco will honor Cpl. Nikoui by adding his name the Lest We Forget Wall at the George A. Ingalls Veterans Memorial Plaza, which honors city residents who have died while serving their country.
Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez was from the Coachella Valley and is the son of two Riverside County Sheriff's Deputies. Lopez had planned on joining the Riverside County Sheriff's Department after his deployment ended.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the victims of the bombing and their families.
Full story at abc7.com.