Connecticut sailor among 7 killed in collision
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The sister of a U.S. Navy sailor from Connecticut who was killed in a collision between a destroyer and a container ship off Japan is describing her brother as “selfless.”
Twenty-five-year-old Ngoc T Truong Huynh was one of seven sailors killed aboard the USS Fitzgerald on Saturday.
Lan Huynh told WVIT-TV on Sunday the family is coping as best they can.
She says the family moved to Connecticut was Huynh was in eighth-grade. Her brother graduated from Watertown High School and also attended Naugatuck Valley Community College before enlisting the Navy in 2014. The family moved to Oklahoma a short time later.
Lan Huynh says her brother always “had the brightest smile.”
Connecticut’s governor has ordered flags to fly at half-staff in Huynh’s honor.
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Information from: WVIT-TV, http://www.nbcconnecticut.com
