Dear America, why?
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This sounded almost too crazy. After a very quick look this is what I could figure out.
Sgt. Gee was initially taken to her hometown where a funeral was held. Her family decided she should be ultimately be buried in Arlington. Transport of remains, after some point, is done by commercial flights. Not sure if that is paid for. Per DOD policy:
A nonprofit, Honoring Our Fallen, stepped in and made a $60,000 donation *directly to the family to have her remains flown by a private flight. Given airlines' track record with moving remains, this was a blessing. The family wasn't forced to pay but, again, I'm not sure if they would have had to pay for the final commercial flight. I wouldn't be surprised if they were, though.
Everything about Zelennskyy is true.
*Edit: donation was made directly to the family, not just for the flight, see post below.
I'm just stunned that shipping a body costs that much. You can send a real living human in a great deal of comfort in business class for a little more than a grand. Hell, even round trip sleeper cabins on Korean Air cost less than $60K.
I worded my post poorly. The $60k was donated directly to the family, not on a flight.
My guess is that $60k was to be cover a charter flight for the entire family to Arlington and back, hotel accommodations, things like that.