More on Nicolas

This last Monday was the memorial for my cousin, Nick, who was killed on the battlefield in Iraq. As it turns out, he was with a group of 14 Marines en route to recover the bodies of Marine snipers who had been ambushed by insurgents days before. The amphibious vehicle that they were in ran over a massive roadside bomb and immediately killed everyone inside.

From what my parents tell me, there were up to 800 people at the memorial service in Issaquah (Seattle area.)