Afghanistan collapse 'feels like another funeral' for Gold Star wife

A Gold Star wife who has visited Afghanistan six times following her husband’s death in the country told Fox News Wednesday that the Taliban takeover has left her feeling “completely defeated” and struggling to process her emotions.

Horton’s husband, Army Spc. Christopher Horton, was killed in Afghanistan's Paktia Province on Sept. 9, 2011 when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. The 26-year-old was serving with the Oklahoma National Guard. Horton made her first trip to Afghanistan in 2016. She is using her experience to advise people currently in the country trying to get out. "What I'm worried about is our troops on the ground," she said. "We need to say a prayer for them because many of them have deployed multiple times, and this is breaking their heart in more pieces than we can imagine."