The heartbroken families of two female US soldiers killed in a drone strike in Jordan say the young women were best friends as their mother recalls her last phone call with her heroic daughter.
Army Reserve SPC. Kennedy Sanders, 24, and Breonna Moffett, 23, from Georgia, are the children of U.S. veterans and have become close friends since they met at basic training in 2019.
Moffett was also featured One of Sanders’ TikTok videos It depicts an elderly soldier making fun of Moffett for dipping hot sauce into the maple syrup on his breakfast waffles when he was deployed overseas in October. Moffett fired back by mocking Sander’s use of hot sauce on cheese.
in either Moffett’s TikTok video The same week, the women were seen laughing and talking with friends at one of the restaurants they visited while traveling abroad.
Moffett’s mother, Francine, said that whenever she called her daughter worried about her first overseas assignment, Sanders was nearby.
“Every time I called Breonna, I could see Sanders stick his head in and say, ‘Hey!'” How are you? ”’ Francine, a veteran, said.
The grieving mother said she last spoke to Breonna on Thursday, a week after the soldier’s birthday, when she wanted to make sure her daughter had received the care package the family had sent her.
“She was studying to be a real estate agent, so she wanted strawberry shortcake, sunflower seeds, and real estate books.” Francine told local 11 Alive.. “She always had a smile on her face. She always loved her friends. She always loved her family.”
Sanders’ mother, Oneida, mentioned all the friends her daughter had made during her time in the military, and said her daughter was especially close to Breonna, who is only a year older than her.
“Breonna Moffett, you know, was one of the people who had a close relationship with her.” Oneida told Fox News’ Fox & Friends on Tuesday. her daughter’s.
“every time [Kennedy] “She would call me or FaceTime me. Breonna was always somewhere nearby, participating in the conversation even if she was in the background,” she said. added.
Oneida was able to speak with her daughter on Saturday, hours before the drone hit the base. Sanders said she was considering buying a motorcycle, even though her mother was against it.
“All her friends laughed behind her back when she told me that. Even though she was 24 years old, I told her that riding a motorcycle was strictly forbidden. I said,” Oneida said. “So that was the last time we spoke.”
In addition to talking about motorcycles, Oneida said Sanders is considering buying a house and becoming a full-time Army soldier.
Francine added that Moffett also wants to reenlist and be promoted to sergeant.
Along with Sanders and Moffett, Sgt. William Rivers, 46, also from Georgia, was killed when an unmanned drone crashed into Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border.
No specific group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the base, located near al-Tanf Garrison, where U.S. forces were working with allies to fight Islamic State militants.
The drone attack was the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in the Middle East since an ISIS bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in 2019.
President Biden confirmed he would attend a memorial service for the slain soldiers, blamed the attack on Iranian-backed extremists, and vowed the United States would “fight back.”
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