Teenage Boy Plays ‘Taps’ With Flag at Half-Mast to Honor US Personnel Killed in Kabul Attacks

A 14-year-old boy honored the US personnel killed in Afghanistan on August 26 by playing Taps on a trumpet outside his home in Carson City, Nevada, with a US flag at half-mast. Devin Linehan, who played Taps, is a Cadet Senior Airman with the Carson City Composite Squadron of the Nevada Civil Air Patrol. Devin’s father, Sean Linehan, uploaded the video of his son to Facebook and commented, “Truly hits deep.” Credit: Sean Linehan via Storyful