NORFOLK (Oct. 12, 2018) Dianne McDaniels, left, mother of the late Information Systems Technician Seaman James Rodrick McDaniels, who was killed in the USS Cole bombing, shows her grandson, DaiSaan, right, photos of his father from a Cole cruise book at the USS Cole memorial. Cole friends, family and shipmates, both past and present, gathered on board Naval Station Norfolk for the 18th remembrance of the USS Cole terrorist attack. Seventeen Sailors lost their lives and another 39 sustained injuries while the crew worked for 96 consecutive hours to keep the ship afloat.

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