The reminiscence of a U.S. provider member who was once killed within the 2021 Kabul airport attack was once venerated at Disneyland on Monday – just about a yr after he died. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, 20, was once a California local who was once murdered within the Aug. 26 suicide bombing amid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. 13 U.S. service members had been killed within the assault on Hamid Karzai International Airport – which additionally killed no less than 170 Afghan civilians and injured greater than 150 others.

The Merola circle of relatives was once stated all through the Disneyland Resort Flag Retreat Ceremony in Anaheim, California. Merola’s circle of relatives was once in attendance, together with his mom, his grandparents and his sister. 

“It supposed such a lot to me as of late to honor my son,” Cheryl Rex, Merola’s mom, stated. “As he was once rising up, we attended numerous issues at Disneyland. We had season passes since he was once little.”

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Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola was once killed in Kabul assault.
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“It’s very significant. It’s a different position to us,” Rex added. 

Family contributors say that Merola had simplest been in Afghanistan for lower than two weeks when he was once killed all through the tragic assault.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, who died all through the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, was once venerated at Disneyland.
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The rite – which has been a convention at Disney lodge parks for many years – is held day by day each at Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. 

Merola’s rite was once now not the one time the Walt Disney Company honored the service members who died all through the Afghanistan withdrawal. They held a equivalent Disneyland rite for Hunter Lopez, a 22-year outdated Marine, in September 2021. 

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Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola was once certainly one of 13 provider contributors killed within the 2021 Kabal assault.
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According to his mom, Lopez was once a large fan of Disney. He reportedly instructed his oldsters he sought after to be buried with a lightsaber he made at Disneyland in 2019. 

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Merola’s mom Cheryl Rex was once introduced with the Navy Achievement Medal.
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“As we walked into Disneyland, the marching band was once popping out onto Main Street [U.S.A.] and began to play a Star Wars tune,” Hunter’s mom Alicia instructed Disney Parks Blog. “We don’t know if it was once Disney magic or whether or not it was once Hunter, however both method it felt just right realizing he was once there with us.”