Wife of ‘angel’ soldier killed by Iran drone honors his legacy: ‘He loved his family’
Michael Emmanuel Swinton’s widow knew her life had changed forever the moment she saw two uniformed service members standing outside her front door. “My stomach dropped,” Mia Gonzalez-Swinton recalled Monday on “Fox & Friends First.” “I remember feeling sick almost… I felt like I was watching myself.” Swinton, 30, was killed while conducting a controlled demolition of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq, leaving behind his wife and their two young children, ages 6 and 4.
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Michael Emmanuel Swinton’s widow knew her life had changed forever the moment she saw two uniformed service members standing outside her front door. “My stomach dropped,” Mia Gonzalez-Swinton recalled Monday on “Fox & Friends First.” “I remember feeling sick almost… I felt like I was watching myself.” Swinton, 30, was killed while conducting a controlled demolition of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq, leaving behind his wife and their two young children, ages 6 and 4. Recounting the moments after learning of his death, Gonzalez-Swinton said the loss still feels surreal as she and their children begin adjusting to life without him. Asked how the children were coping, Gonzalez-Swinton said her daughter has started to understand that her father is gone, calling him her “angel,” though she isn’t sure how much either child fully comprehends.
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- Michael Emmanuel Swinton’s widow knew her life had changed forever the moment she saw two uniformed service members standing outside her front door. “My stomach dropped,” Mia Gonzalez-Swinton recalled Monday on “Fox & Friends First.” “I remember feeling sick almost… I felt like I was watching myself.” Swinton, 30, was killed while conducting a controlled demolition of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq, leaving behind his wife and their two young children, ages 6 and 4.
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