OCTOBER 10, 2025 — A routine patrol near the Washington Monument turned into a moment of human connection late in the evening on Oct. 6, when two National Guard Airmen helped reunite a lost child with his parents amid the bustling crowds of the National Mall.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Richard Kramer and Airman Devontae Taylor recovered a lost child near the Washington Monument. Both Airmen are with the 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard, deployed in Washington, D.C. with the 112th Military Police Battalion, Mississippi National Guard, Task Force Magnolia.
Kramer and Taylor were on a routine security patrol near the Washington Monument when they were approached by a mother and father frantically stating that they could not locate their 14-year-old son. Kramer immediately alerted local law enforcement, but the two Airmen located the child and reunited him with this family before law enforcement could arrive…