As the remains of Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo were escorted back to her hometown of Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, hundreds of people came out to pay their respects. Rosario Pichardo was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart after she was killed during the evacuation of Afghanistan.
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The family of fallen Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo greets her casket at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021.
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People pay respects as the casket of Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo is driven home to Lawrence, Massachusetts. She was killed in a suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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People pay respects as the casket of Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo is driven home to Lawrence, Massachusetts. She was killed in a suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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People pay respects as the casket of Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo is driven home to Lawrence, Massachusetts. She was killed in a suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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People pay respects as the casket of Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo is driven home to Lawrence, Massachusetts. She was killed in a suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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People pay respects as the casket of Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo is driven home to Lawrence, Massachusetts. She was killed in a suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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People pay respects as the casket of Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo is driven home to Lawrence, Massachusetts. She was killed in a suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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People pay respects as the casket of Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo is driven home to Lawrence, Massachusetts. She was killed in a suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Fire trucks are arrayed in formation to welcome fallen Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo to Lawrence, Massachusetts