pain of this day. goldstar father christopher horton killed september 9th, 2011, during operation enduring freedom in afghanistan and karen fond is goldstar mom of aaron vaughn killed on the deadliest day in afghanistan august 6th, 2011, when a grenade launched by a talented man fighter took down chinook helicopter. thank you for joining us. no one knows more than you both of the pain, before we get to that, think of the situation. our first thoughts go out to the family members who have lost