WASHINGTON,
DC – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the following statement today
following the news that Marine Corps
Gunnery Sergeant James Speedy died Friday in Norway when the Osprey
aircraft he was in crashed during a NATO exercise. Gunnery Sgt. Speedy was from
Cambridge, Ohio. Three other Marines died in the crash.
“Our hearts break
for the family of James Speedy, a Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant from Cambridge.
He made the ultimate sacrifice for our country during a routine NATO exercise
in Norway. His death is a blow for the Cambridge community and our entire
state. My thoughts are with his family, who received the hardest news
anyone can hear. May the lives he worked to save be a comfort to all who knew
and loved him. His selflessness and dedication to country will be his legacy.”
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