Fallen Marine returns home as US marks 20 years after 9/11

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — The body of a U.S. Marine killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan has returned home to Massachusetts on the 20th anniversary of the attacks that led to America’s longest war. Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo’s body was escorted back Saturday to her hometown of Lawrence. People lined highway overpasses and city streets to pay their respects and wave American flags as the vehicle procession made its way through the city. A public wake will be held Tuesday. The 25-year-old died in the Aug. 26 suicide bombing near the Kabul airport amid the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. A dozen other U.S. service members and 169 Afghans were killed.