AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has ordered Texas flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff to honor the U.S. service members who lost their lives during an attack at the airport yesterday in Kabul, Afghanistan.
I ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor the U.S. service members killed in yesterday’s horrific attack in Kabul.
U.S. Marine David Lee Espinoza, a Laredo native, was one of the 13 service members killed.
He was 20 years old.
These heroes should never be forgotten. pic.twitter.com/2QVSBhZdGV
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) August 27, 2021
The Governor said flags should remain at half-staff through sunset on Monday, August 30.
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