G&M: As the flag-draped coffin emerged from a Boeing 747 under the heartsick gaze of those who loved Air Force Staff Sergeant Phillip Myers, a sound not heard in the United States for 18 years filled the air on Sunday night.
The rapid-fire click of camera shutters captured every moment as the casket holding the body of the 30-year-old airman, killed by an improvised explosive device on Saturday in Afghanistan, was received at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the point of return for members of the U.S. military who die overseas.
The sound marked the end of a ban on media access to such ceremonies.
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