'Nothing can 準備する you for this': North Carolina mom 株 anguish after sailor son, 19, 落ちるs to his death from 海軍 破壊者 in Baltic Sea, as search for his remains is called off

  • David Spearman fell of the USS Arleigh Burke, 近づく Helsinki, Finland on August 1
  • His mother Nikki 株d a heart-rending Facebook 地位,任命する 詳細(に述べる)ing her grief??
  • The circumstances of how the young 海軍 sailor fell to his death remain 不明瞭な
  • The teen had 報告(する)/憶測d to the ship in April after training in Illinois earlier this year
  • He had also 卒業生(する)d from 海軍の boot (軍の)野営地,陣営 and enlisted himself in November

A grief-stricken mom said 'nothing can 準備する you for this' after her US 海軍 sailor son fell to his death from a guided-ミサイル 破壊者 operating in the Baltic Sea.

Nikki McKeithan Spearman wrote the anguished Facebook 地位,任命する six days after her son David 'Dee', 19, fell overboard from the USS Arleigh Burke, 近づく Helsinki, Finland, on August 1.?

A search for his remains has since been called off, and その上の 詳細(に述べる)s as to the circumstances surrounding the deadly 落ちる have not been 明らかにする/漏らすd.?

'Nothing can 準備する you for this ….I am on a never ending rollercoaster climbing and 落ちるing and it want stop,' wrote the stricken mom, who also lost her father Dee recently.

'I can barely go to sleep and if I dare wake up it 得る,とらえるs me again and slings me all around.

'I want to run away and 持つ/拘留する everyone の近くに at the same time. I want to be in 支配(する)/統制する of myself and then I loose myself to pure anguish at a 減少(する) of a word, song, picture or memory.'?

'I can smile when I think of Dee and 決裂/故障 in the second after,' Spearman continued: 'I know to be absent from the 団体/死体 as a 信奉者 of God is to be 現在の with the Lord and it 静めるs me for a moment or even a hour and then I feel this 深い wrenching squeezing of my 団体/死体 and I cannot 支配(する)/統制する any of my emotions or 涙/ほころびs. I am 打ち勝つ again with such 深い sadness and emptiness of losing my son.'

'Losing my Dad &am p; Dee at the same time Is beyond any 推論する/理由ing that my mind can conceive. Knowing they are together is my only hope and peace left,' she 追加するd.?

Seaman Recuit David 'Dee' Spearman fell overboard a USS Navy guided-missile destroyer in the Baltic Sea on August 1 near Helsinki, Finland

船員 Recuit David 'Dee' Spearman fell overboard a USS 海軍 guided-ミサイル 破壊者 in the Baltic Sea on August 1 近づく Helsinki, Finland

David's mother, Nikki McKeithan Spearman, shared a grieving post on Facebook on her 19-year-old son's death on Saturday, saying 'nothing can prepare you for this'

David's mother, Nikki McKeithan Spearman, 株d a grieving 地位,任命する on Facebook on her 19-year-old son's death on Saturday, 説 'nothing can 準備する you for this'

Spearman confirmed the teen's death on August 3 to the Navy. The teen was from Etowah in western North Carolina's Henderson County

Spearman 確認するd the teen's death on August 3 to the 海軍. The teen was from Etowah in western North Carolina's Henderson 郡

Spearman's family 確認するd the North Carolina native was the sailor who had gone 行方不明の on August 3. The circumstances of how Spearman fell to his death remain 不明瞭な.

The 海軍 later said in a 声明 that David had 報告(する)/憶測d to the ship in April after training in Illinois.

He had also just 卒業生(する)d from 海軍の boot (軍の)野営地,陣営 earlier this year.?

'This 有望な, young man made an oversized, 肯定的な 衝撃 on Arleigh Burke. My entire 乗組員's thoughts and 祈りs are with 船員 新採用する Spearman's family and friends. We 申し込む/申し出 our most sincere 弔慰s for their loss,' said Cmdr. Pete Flynn, the ship's 命令(する)ing officer.

WLOS-TV 報告(する)/憶測s that Spearman was from Etowah in western North Carolina's Henderson 郡.

The family told the TV 駅/配置する that several 世代s of his family had served in the 海軍.

Spearman's family had served in the Navy prior to the teen's enrollment in November. Pictured: Spearman with his father (left) and mother (right)

Spearman's family had served in the 海軍 事前の to the teen's enrollment in November. Pictured: Spearman with his father (left) and mother (権利)

Circumstances surrounding how exactly Spearman fell overboard are unclear. Pictured: The USS Arleigh Burke

Circumstances surrounding how 正確に/まさに Spearman fell overboard are 不明瞭な. Pictured: The USS Arleigh Burke

Spearman had been 公式に enlisted on November 10, 2021, によれば a 声明 from the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs (n)艦隊/(a)素早い 軍隊s 命令(する).?

A search 成果/努力 近づく Helsinki, Finland, was called off earlier in the week, after the 海軍 sailor's 団体/死体 was noticed in the water by an onlooker.?

'Thank you to the Swedish and German 海軍s, the U.S. 空気/公表する 軍隊, and the Sailors from Arleigh Burke for their 広範囲にわたる 成果/努力s to search for our shipmate, Cmdr. Flynn 結論するd the 声明.

Spearman's 団体/死体 has yet to be 回復するd, Cmdr. Richlyn Ivey, a spokeswoman for U.S. 6th (n)艦隊/(a)素早い, told 星/主役にするs and (土地などの)細長い一片s.

The teen is the second sailor to have died while on active 義務 within the last year.?

Petty Officer 1st Class コマドリ Nicole Collins, 26, died on July 18, 2021, while on 義務. She (機の)カム to her death after a '避難所 roof and chimney 崩壊(する)d during 激しい 天候,'? the 海軍 Times 報告(する)/憶測d two months later.

The 海軍の 犯罪の Investigative Service has not 解放(する)d 詳細(に述べる)s. The 場所 and 原因(となる) of Collins' death are unknown, as the 調査 remains 分類するd.?

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