SUMMARY: Two Mississippi National Guardsmen, Officer Bryan Zemek and Officer Derek Abbott, died in a helicopter crash during a training flight. A procession was held to honor them, starting in Booneville and ending in Pearl, where autopsies will be conducted. President Joe Biden praised the guardsmen for their service. Zemek was a standardization instructor pilot survived by his wife and four children, and Abbott was a maintenance test pilot survived by his wife and three children. The crash involved an AH-64 Apache helicopter, and the cause is under investigation. The Mississippi National Guard emphasized the sacrifices made by service members in the line of duty.

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