COLONIE - Images from Monday's return home of National Guard members John Grassia and Casey Frankoski, both killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Photos from our Stan Hudy, Peter R. Barber and Tyler A. McNeil
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A vehicle carrying the remains of state trooper John Grassia leaves Albany International Airport after being flown in on an Air National Guard C-130 Monday, March 18, 2024. Grassia along with Casey Frankoski, were both killed in a UH-72 Lakota crash near the Mexico border in Texas while on a support mission with the National Guard on March 8.
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A pair of vehicles stand ready to transport the remains of state trooper John Grassia and Casey Frankoski from Albany International Airport after being flown in on an Air National Guard C-130 Monday, March 18, 2024. Grassia and Frankoski, were both killed in a UH-72 Lakota crash near the Mexico border in Texas while on a support mission with the National Guard on March 8.
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Family and friends pay their respects at a pair of funeral vehicles ready to transport the remains of state trooper John Grassia and Casey Frankoski from Albany International Airport after being flown in on an Air National Guard C-130 Monday, March 18, 2024. Grassia and Frankoski, were both killed in a UH-72 Lakota crash near the Mexico border in Texas while on a support mission with the National Guard on March 8.
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A carry team walks with the remains of Casey Frankoski to an awaiting vehicle from an Air National Guard C-130 at Albany International Airport, Monday, March 18, 2024. Frankoski, along with state trooper John Grassia, were both killed in a UH-72 Lakota crash near the Mexico border in Texas while on a support mission with the National Guard on March 8.
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Governor Kathy Hochul stands along a line of officers and dignitaries as the remains of state trooper John Grassia and Casey Frankoski from Albany International Airport were transported to awaiting vehicles after being flown in on an Air National Guard C-130 Monday, March 18, 2024. Grassia and Frankoski, were both killed in a UH-72 Lakota crash near the Mexico border in Texas while on a support mission with the National Guard on March 8.
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The bodies of two National Guardsmen, Rotterdam native John Grassia, a state trooper, and Casy Frankoski of Rensselaer, were flown into Albany International Airport on a C-130 and were transferred to awaiting funeral vehicles.
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Family and friends observe as the remains of state trooper John Grassia and Casey Frankoski are loaded into funeral vehicles at Albany International Airport after being flown in on an Air National Guard C-130 Monday, March 18, 2024. Grassia and Frankoski, were both killed in a UH-72 Lakota crash near the Mexico border in Texas while on a support mission with the National Guard on March 8.
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A carry team walks with the remains of state trooper John Grassia to an awaiting vehicle from an Air National Guard C-130 at Albany International Airport Monday. Grassia and Casey Frankoski were killed in a UH-72 Lakota crash near the Mexico border in Texas while on a support mission with the National Guard on March 8.
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A carry team walks with the remains of state trooper John Grassia to an awaiting vehicle from an Air National Guard C-130 at Albany International Airport, Monday, March 18, 2024. Grassia along with Casey Frankoski, were both killed in a UH-72 Lakota crash near the Mexico border in Texas while on a support mission with the National Guard on March 8.
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The hearse carrying John Grassia is led in a procession by Schenectady police officers Mark Weekes, left, and Eric Owen on Interstate 890 at the Michigan Avenue interchange Monday.
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Schenectady police officer Jack Guarneri salutes as the hearse carrying Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Grassia, 3rd of Rotterdam, who was also a personal friend of his, passes in front of him on Interstate 890 at the Michigan Avenue interchange Monday, March 18, 2024.
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Volunteer firefighters and EMS responders on Monday, March 18, 2024 across the Glenville area stand in solidarity with John Grassia, a Rotterdam-based National Guard who was killed in a helicopter crash. He was transported to Glenville Funeral on Glenridge Road.
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Mourners alongside Glenridge Road await the arrival of National Guard soldier John Grassia, who was killed in a helicopter crash in early March of 2024. He lays sits in Glenville Funeral Home.
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An officer from the East Glenville Fire Department holds down an American flag from a ladder truck on Glenridge Road, Monday, March 18, 2024.
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An officer from the East Glenville Fire Department holds down an American flag from a ladder truck on Glenridge Road, Monday, March 18, 2024.
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Military members stand in solardity with fallen National Guard soldier John Grassia off Glenridge Road in Glenville on Monday, March 18, 2024.
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A woman stands with an American flag at the corner of New York State Route 50 and Glenridge Road while awaiting the motorcade arrival of National Guard solidier John Grassia, who was killed in a helicopter crash on a mission in Texas in early March of 2024.
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Members of the East Glenville Volunteer Fire Department await instructions, as a motorcade holding the body of state trooper John Grassia is sent on a motorcade to Glenville Funeral Home on Monday, March 18, 2024.
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A mourner alongside Glenridge Road waits for the motorcade arrival of National Guard solidier John Grassia, who was killed in a helicopter crash in early March of 2024.
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Member of the East Glenville Fire Department down a flag to prevent in from whipping around near Glenridge Road on Monday, March 18, 2024.
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Two bikers wielding American flag stand outside Glenville Funeral Home about 45 minutes before fallen National Guard soldier John Grassia is transported to the site on Monday, March 18, 2024.
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A hurse carrying fallen National Guard soldier John Grassia arrives at Glenville Funeral Home on Monday, March 18, 2024.
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A motorcade arrives at Glenville Funeral Home with the body of Rotterdam native John Grassia on Monday, March 18, 2024.
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More:Â Capital Region soldiers killed in crash return home, 3/18/24