Nightly News   |  August 10, 2011

Boy pays homage to fallen dad

Ten-year-old Braydon Nichols from Kansas, Mo., lost his father in the Chinook helicopter shot down this past weekend that killed 30 Americans. On Wednesday, Nichols asked the news media to publish a photo of his father, the Chinook pilot. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> the news media tonight are responding to the emotional plea of a young boy in kansas who wanted people to know about his dad. his name is braden nicholls, he's 10 years old. he lost his father in the chinook he could shootdown this past weekend that killed 30 americans. braden writes, quote, my father was one of the 30 u.s. soldiers killed in afghanistan with the s.e.a.l.s rescue mission . my father was the pilot of the chinook. i have seen other pictures of victim from this deadly mission , i wish you would show this picture of my father. they always say navy s.e.a.l.s, they never say my dad. his father brian was 31, he was counting the days until he was supposed to come home on a two-week leave. a scholarship is being set up for his son.