This Memorial Day weekend, we look back at the extraordinary exchange between Telemundo anchor Arantxa Loizaga and Gold Star mom Coral Briceño whose son, Cpl. Humberto Sánchez (USMC) was among the fallen at the ISIS attack on the Hamid Karzai International Airport at Kabul, Afghanistan.
Briceño, in her immense grief, was gracious enough to come on Telemundo’s morning show and tell the story of her son. Watch the key exchange as it unfolded below, at the end of the interview:
ARANTXA LOIZAGA: Could you describe the moment when your son said to you: “Mom, I want to be part of the armed forces (of the United States)”? What did you feel when your son told you of his desire to be a member of our armed forces?
CORAL BRISEÑO: When he was in high school I told him that he was going down the wrong path, and I always encouraged him to join the U.S….
