A 20-year-old soldier went to Washington to keep families safe for the holidays. Instead, her own family spent Thanksgiving watching her slip away. A frantic city,a stunned President, a father gripping his daughter’s hand as doctors whisper there will be no recovery. One suspect, one trigger, and a nation asking how Sa … … She was barely out of her teens, yet friends say Sarah Beckstrom carried herself like someone who understood the weight of a uniform. She volunteered to standwatch so others could sit at their tables, carving turkey and passing plates, believing the streets near the White House...
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