Loved ones remember soldier killed in Afghanistan attack

MIAMI (WSVN) -- A South Florida soldier's sacrifice was remembered by loved ones on the day he was scheduled to arrive home.

Sergio Abad was among nine U.S. servicemen killed in a deadly Taliban attack in Afghanistan on Sunday.

More than 100 militants fired machine guns, lobbed grenades and shot mortars into a remote base housing the U.S. Forces.

Abad was set to return home to South Florida Tuesday to be with his pregnant fiance.

His mother is still in shock with the loss of her son. "Horrible, surreal. I keep thinking they're gonna call and say they made a mistake. Don't think they will now, it's been too long," said Lori Pitts.

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