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It traveled through New Jersey and into New York City to a funeral home in the Bronx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firefighters along the way paid their respects to Slutman, who was a 15-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 43-year old and two other members of a Massachusetts-based Marine Reserve unit were killed on April 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"932\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112664284897.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112664284897.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112664284897.jpg.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112664284897.jpg.jpg?resize=768,596 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112664284897.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,795 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shannon Slutman, wife of Staff Sgt. 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(Seth Wenig\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hendriks&#8217; aunt tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/nassau\/robert-hendriks-afghanistan-marine-1.29629164\">Newsday<\/a> that the resident of Long Island&#8217;s Locust Valley was a sweet, kind and loving young man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lorraine Caliendo says Hendriks&#8217; brother Joseph, also a Marine, had just started a tour in Afghanistan but instead will be escorting his coffin back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caliendo says both brothers hoped to become police officers after their military service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She calls Robert\u2019s death a \u201chorrible, horrible thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"812\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112670330968.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112670330968.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112670330968.jpg.jpg?resize=300,203 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112670330968.jpg.jpg?resize=768,520 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19112670330968.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,693 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Service personnel prepare for the arrival of the body of Staff Sgt. 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