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Ohio sailor Max Soviak killed in Kabul airport attack, his final social media post goes viral!

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: August 28, 2021 20:07 IST

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An Ohio Navy corpsman is among the 13 Americans killed in Thursday's bombings outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
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Maxton 'Max' Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, was a 2017 graduate of Edison High School where he was on the football, track, wrestling, and tennis teams and was in the school band, according to Thomas Roth, superintendent of Edison Local School District.
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The news of Soviak's death was 'devastating for us,' Roth said Friday.
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“He just enjoyed life, he was full of life. He was a good kid, a good student and people just enjoyed being around him,” the superintendent said.
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“I didn’t know Max as well as many, he was in one of my son’s classes. He was very active in school,” Roth said.
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The Navy issued a statement Friday on behalf of the Soviak family describing him as 'a wonderful son who loved his family, his community, and was proud to serve in the U.S. Navy.
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'He was excited about the opportunities the Navy would offer him and planned to make the Navy a career. We are incredibly proud of his service to our country.
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'As we mourn the loss of our son, we also mourn for the loss of the Marines and Soldier who were killed and pray for the speedy recovery of all of those wounded in Afghanistan.
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'Words cannot express how heartbroken we are with this news and we will miss Max tremendously.'
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The small community about 50 miles west of Cleveland is mourning Soviak’s loss with plans to have a moment of silence at Friday night’s high school game against Bellevue, Roth said, adding that the district is still in the planning stages of honoring Soviak. He said it is always special when students from Edison local schools enter military service, and the community was proud of Soviak serving as a Navy hospital corpsman.
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