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TO Sniper marine catastrophicly injured In the deadly explosion at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, he praised President Donald Trump for fulfilling his promise to the victims after the United States arrested the allegedly responsible terrorist.
Retired Marines Body. Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews, who lost an arm and a leg in the attack, told “Fox & Friends” that he was not “necessarily shocked” by the news, but is glad to see that those responsible face some responsibility.
“I was in Arlington recently … with President Trump and Vice President Vance, and I spoke directly to them, and they both promised me already these families, as they have done before, on our faces, that there would be responsibility in the government of our nation and in other places for what happened,” he said.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, during a joint session of Congress in the Chamber of the United States Capitol Chamber in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty images/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Vargas-Andrews, SSGT friend and mentor. Darin “Taylor” Hoover, was one of the 13 members of the US service Killed in action in the bombing of August 2021 during the withdrawal of the United States of Afghanistan. He said Trump recognized Hoover’s name during his discussion, adding that Trump said he knew Hoover’s family very well.
“Hoover was killed by my side,” said Vargas-Andrews. “And only for the president to know who he is really and to understand and be consistent enough to work with these families and be friends for them … I think almost every day since that day … The Trump administration has been there for them (Families of Gold Stars) when the previous administration was not.”
Vargas-Andrews told the Coanfrerion Lawrence Jones who informed him about the apprehension of Tirror Terror’s suspect the afternoon against the president Trump revealed During Tuesday’s joint speech to Congress that the suspect, identified as Muhammed Sharifullah, was in custody of the United States.
“I want to thank, Especially, the Pakistan government for helping to arrest this monster, “Trump said during the speech, calling him a” transcendental day “for Gold Star families of the service members who lost their lives during the attack.
Trump also promised that Sharifullah would face the “rapid sword of American justice.”
While relieved to see that the intellectual author behind the attack faces responsibility, Vargas-Andrews said that the “most important” is to make sure that defense and state department officials “who are to blame for leading us to where we have been today” are also responsible.
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Mom of the gold star Paula Knauss Selph, whose 23 -year -old son army sergeant. Ryan Knauss was killed during the attack, praised Trump’s aggressive approach to terror in a “Fox and friends first“Segment on Thursday.
She told Coanfrerion Carley Shimkus: “If he did not (take a hard position), then every terrorist who is in this world at this time would be looking at us a little more. Because he is showing that he is not showing tolerance to nonsense, especially in the life of our military and those we serve, this is a great response from our president.”
Emma Colton of Fox News contributed to this report.