{"id":331624,"date":"2021-08-28T16:04:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T13:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dad-of-marine-killed-in-kabul-scared-sh-less-for-what-comes-next\/"},"modified":"2021-08-28T16:04:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T13:04:58","slug":"dad-of-marine-killed-in-kabul-scared-sh-less-for-what-comes-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dad-of-marine-killed-in-kabul-scared-sh-less-for-what-comes-next\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dad of Marine killed in Kabul &#8216;scared sh&#8211;less&#8217; for what comes next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Dad of Marine killed in Kabul &#8216;scared sh&#8211;less&#8217; for what comes next<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Jim McCollum knew before he opened his door why two US Marines were at his Jackson, Wyoming, home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just as you see it in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>,\u201d the grieving dad told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/father-of-rylee-mccollum-dad-to-be-killed-in-kabul-says-hes-scared-shitless-about-whats-next?ref=wrap\">The Daily Beast<\/a>. \u201cAs soon as I saw them on the porch, I knew he was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe,\u201d was his son, Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, one of the 13 US service members killed in Thursday\u2019s Kabul airport attack. Newly married, with a baby due Sept. 22, the 20-year-old was on a path toward greatness, the elder McCollum said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was the most patriotic kid,\u201d Jim said. \u201cThe right from wrong and being on the side of right\u2014 that kind of drove him in. I couldn\u2019t have been more proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What little comfort he can find is knowing that his son died fulfilling his dream to serve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe died doing what he loved and with the ones he cared about, doing the right thing,\u201d Jim said. \u201cHe always wanted to be on the side of right, the side of righteousness. He did exactly what he lived his life doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Rylee-McCollum-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rylee McCollum\" class=\"wp-image-19277635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Rylee-McCollum-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Rylee-McCollum-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Rylee-McCollum-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rylee McCollum\u2019s dad  knew before he opened his door why two US Marines were at his Jackson, Wyoming, home.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At least 169 Afghans also died in the suicide bombing claimed by ISIS-K, and officials warn of continued danger amid the continued evacuation, including warning people to leave the airport gates \u201cim<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely\u201d late Friday, in an eerie echo of warnings before Thursday\u2019s blast.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing operation leaves the devastated father worried about the Marines still in the war-torn country now mostly ruled by the Taliban. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve lost my son, but there are still Marines over there,\u201d he said. \u201cWe gave them everything they need, and we are pinned down at the airport. I am scared sh-tless to see what\u2019s going to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en next, and what\u2019s going to come our way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Rylee-McCollum-001-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rylee McCollum\" class=\"wp-image-19277647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Rylee-McCollum-001-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Rylee-McCollum-001-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Rylee-McCollum-001-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cHe was the most patriotic kid,\u201d McCollum\u2019s father said of his late son.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The senior McCollum, speaking before the US launched a drone strike against the terror group, was upset there wasn\u2019t an immediate retaliation for the attack and suggested American forces should take out the Afghan presidential palace rather than let the Taliban take it: \u201cbomb the damn thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Friday drone strike against ISIS-K was apparently successful in taking out one of the planners of the attack which killed Rylee McCollum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitial indications are that we killed the target,\u201d said Capt. 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