Procession turnout helped Spec. Antonio Mooreâs family through the darkest days
Procession turnout helped Spec. Antonio Mooreâs family through the darkest days By Jon Evans | February 4, 2021 at 6:00 PM EST - Updated February 4 at 6:54 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The charter plane touched down just after noon at Wilmington International Airport on Feb. 1, 2020. The casket inside, draped in the Stars and Stripes, carried the body of Army Specialist Antonio Moore, the 22-year-old who had lost his life eight days earlier in a rollover crash on his first deployment in Syria.
âI never thought heâd be coming home that way, because he was happy when he was getting deployed,â said Crystal Vereen, Specialist Mooreâs mother. âHe was telling everybody. He was knocking on neighborsâ doors that actually served (in the military). He was like âIâm going for my country.ââ