The heartbreak for an Arizona family is palpable after the tragic loss of a local U.S. Marine in a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of him and four others in California. Sgt. Alec Langen, a newlywed from the east Valley, died alongside his fellow Marines during a training mission gone awry amid severe weather conditions near San Diego. According to a FOX 10 Phoenix report, Langen was revered as “the rock of this family,” with a dream to serve as a crew chief, following in the footsteps of his father.