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Americans killed in Africa bombings honored at home
August 13, 1998Web posted at: 7:33 a.m. EDT (1133 GMT)
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland (CNN) -- President Clinton and other U.S. officials Thursday will honor the 12 Americans killed in last week's deadly bomb attack in Kenya.
A flight from Germany carrying Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the flag-draped coffins containing the bodies of 10 of the 12 American dead arrived at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
A ceremony was planned for 11 a.m. EDT.
The body of an 11th victim, Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Sherry Lynn Olds, 40, was flown to Florida on Wednesday at her family's request. Another American, Jean Dalizu, 60, will be buried in Kenya, her adopted homeland where she married.
The president, who has vowed to find and bring to justice those responsible for the Kenya attack and a nearly simultaneous one in the capital of neighboring Tanzania, will meet privately beforehand with the families of the dead Americans.
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Then he will join Albright and Defense Secretary William Cohen in brief remarks honoring the Americans in the blast that gutted the U.S. embassy and adjacent buildings in downtown Nairobi and killed at least 247 people.
More than 5,000 people were injured in the blast in the heart of Nairobi's business district while more than 75 were hurt in the attack in Dar es Salaam.
The Air Force C-17 transport plane carrying the bodies took off from Ramstein Air Base about 12:15 a.m. EDT, headed for Andrews.
There was a brief, private ceremony under an overcast sky at Ramstein just before takeoff, with about 70 people including a mixed honor guard of Marines, Army and Air Force. Albright made no statement before boarding the plane.
