Norco has been festooned with flags and black ribbons since Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui’s death 10 days ago.
When it comes to Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, Norco, Calif., has pride and pain and anger to spare.in the Aug. 26 suicide bombing at Kabul airport, golf carts and horses and trucks snaked through town in an impromptu parade. The American Legion raised $25,000 for his family at a pancake breakfast.Hundreds of people came out to say goodbye to Nikoui, during a vigil at George Ingalls Equestrian Event Center in Norco, Calif., on Saturday.The little boy who wanted to be a Marine.
Norco, a.k.a. Horsetown, USA, has been festooned with flags and black ribbons since Nikoui’s death 10 days ago — on top of the symbols that are always present. There are plenty of signs in support of Larry Elder, the conservative talk show host who wants to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom inbut not that many masks to keep COVID-19 at bay. Trump beat Joe Biden here in the 2020 election in a landslide.
That family was escorted to the vigil at the George Ingalls Equestrian Event Center on Saturday night by dozens of leather-vested Horsemen, members of a motorcycle club for retired and active-duty Marines.The bikers lined up, somber, as the sun set on flag-waving mourners in the cavernous arena and saluted when a bugler played taps. Alexander Castle, who rides a 2011 Harley-Davidson Street Glide, is president of the Horsemen’s Norco chapter.
Throughout the hour-long ceremony, there were promises that the 13 young troops who died would not be forgotten. There were paeans to Nikoui’s bravery. Pledges of support for his grieving family. Prayers for their strength and healing. Memories and calls for vengeance, both divine and military.
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