A true American Hero instead of some draft dodging boxer.
Via Military Times:
The body of Navy Blue Angels Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss was flown out of Smyrna about 11:40 a.m. Saturday on a Navy C-130 plane.
More than a dozen police cars and official vehicles guided a white hearse from Murfreesboro into Smyrna before Kuss’ body was loaded onto the plane. People braved the rain and lined Murfreesboro Road, waving American flags and wiping tears as the procession passed.
“I just think of his kids,” Joykarin Winter said, wiping a tear.
Police said Kuss’ body would flown home Saturday. The military jet team is based in Pensacola, Florida.
Kuss, 32, was killed Thursday when his Blue Angels jet crashed just after takeoff during a practice flight at the Smyrna Airport. The elite military demonstration jet team was in Middle Tennessee for the Great American Air Show, which begins Saturday.
His death rocked the community, and was the first fatal crash involving a Blue Angels pilot in nearly a decade.