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Christopher Slutman, 43, had always wanted to be a firefighter. He was that kind of kid, the kind who wants to save people. The son of a firefighter, he grew up in Prince Georges County, Maryland and eventually made his way to the New York fire department, because, as his father, Fletcher Slutman, Jr., explained, its the best. Christopher was the best of the best. In 2014, he was honored for bravery after rescuing an unconscious woman from a fire. He was also a Marine Reserves staff sergeant who had served in Iraq. Last year, he was assigned to duty in Afghanistan.

On April 8, 2019, just two weeks before he was scheduled to return home, he and two other Marines were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near Bagram Air Base. The Taliban were thought to be responsibleand it is speculated that this may be one of the attacks Russia was sponsoring.

I was in Afghanistan when this happened, on Bagram

I remember hearing the explosion and getting an ominous feeling in my gut, because there hadn't been an announcement over the giant voice to alert anyone that there would be a controlled det

A lot of people were going to lunch at the time and they saw the black smoke from the VBIED curling in the air over the perimeter wall

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