The events that followed 13 members of our military has struck a chord across the country, but especially here in Wyoming with one of our own being taken away far too early at the age of twenty.
Following the news of his death, many of Wyoming's leaders offered their condolences to the McCollum family, including Senator John Barrasso and Congresswoman Liz Cheney.
Rylee McCollum, a Wyoming-born Marine, was one of the 13 U.S. soldiers who was killed in the suicide bombing at an Afghanistan airport in the country's capital of Kabul.
In addition to flags being flown at half-staff for all the U.S. service members who were lost in the August 26 terrorist attack at the airport in Kubal, Afghanistan, Governor Mark Gordon has ordered that both the U.S. and Wyoming State flags be flown in honor of Rylee McCollum...