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Today, Aug. 26, marks one year since an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 U.S. service members and about 200 Afghans outside the international airport in Kabul.

Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, one of the 13 service members who died, was only 20 at the time of the fatal attack. His widow, Jiennah Crayton, also known as Gigi, gave birth to the couple\\u2019s first child, a daughter, less than a month after the bombing.

His son Rylee was \\u201cfun,\\u201d Jim McCollum says. 

\\u201cHe was genuine, real,\\u201d McCollum says. \\u201cHe had a huge heart, very compassionate, but you had to know him to see that side of him, because he was also very abrasive.\\u201d 

\\u201cWe have pictures of him at about 3 years old, 2 or 3, in a diaper, in his sister\\u2019s boots, no pants, with his gun and his dog out playing Army, Marine, whatever, protecting the family,\\u201d McCollum says of his son. \\u201cJust loved it. He was very fascinated with the military his whole life.\\u201d 

One year after the terrorist attack that killed his son and 12 other service members, McCollum says he doesn\\u2019t want to talk with President Joe Biden about the attack or his handling of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan:

I\\u2019m highly disappointed. If you could sit down and have a discussion and know that it was sincere and that somebody was going to listen to you, it would be different. But so far the government, they\\u2019ve been less than honest with me, and it\\u2019s all lip service and just standard routine. They\\u2019re just going through the motions.

McCollum joins \\u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\\u201d to discuss the life and legacy of his son Rylee, his 1-year-old granddaughter Levi Rylee Rose, and how the Biden administration handled the exit from Afghanistan.

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