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Monday, May 31, 2010

Captain Kyle R. VanDeGiesen, 29, North Attleborough


Captain Kyle R. VanDeGiesen, 29, North Attleborough
Photo Courtesy Boston.com

‘I don’t think you ever get over it’:
Kyle Van De Giesen — the quarterback who led North Attleborough to a state Super Bowl Championship in 1997, a St. Anselm College graduate who fulfilled his dream of becoming a Marine pilot — was about to leave Afghanistan after his third deployment, returning home for the birth of his second child.

He was on his final mission last fall when his AH-1 Cobra collided with another Marine helicopter over Helmand Province just before sunrise Oct. 26. His son, Colin, was born four days after he was buried.
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