The mother of missing Navy sailor John Hoagland remembered him during a segment on CNN’s “New Day.”
Kimball talked to CNN moments after the Navy informed her that the hunt for missing sailors was now considered a “recovery” mission instead of search and rescue.
But somehow the grieving mother found a way to share a laugh with anchor Alisyn Camerota.
“Every place he went, he sent me pictures, ” she said. “I can’t tell you how many pictures I have of the ocean!”
When Camerota asked if Kimball would like to hear from President Donald Trump, she said no.
“I would rather hear from the Navy giving me some kind of closure than from the President, ” she said.
US military divers continue to search the flooded areas of the McCain for the missing sailors while ships and planes scour the nearby seas.
