Fallen U.S. Navy sailor given honor escort home by local volunteers

A police escort and community motorcade from Porterville passed through Bakersfield early Monday morning as family, friends and local veteran advocates accompanied the remains of a U.S. Navy sailor who died last week in a parachute training accident in Porterville.

The sailor wasn’t local. And the fatal accident itself happened outside of Kern County. And yet, many individuals from Bakersfield and the local area felt compelled to show fallen U.S. serviceman Noah Tobin the…..

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