Family of fallen Navy SEAL candidate remembers Kyle Mullen’s ‘seemingly endless impact on this world”
Family of deceased SEAL candidate thanks public for support after son’s death following successful ‘Hell Week’
By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi , Stephanie Pagones | Fox News
Aspiring Navy SEAL candidate dies after completing ‘Hell Week’ training
Kyle Mullen’s former football coach in New Jersey, Ed Gurrieri, and his friend, Taylor Aloisio, joined ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss the tragic loss. Mullen’s cause of death is under investigation.
The family of Kyle Mullen, a Navy SEAL candidate who died of an unknown cause after successfully completing Hell Week, has released a statement thanking the public for its support and kindness after his death.
Mullen died just hours after completing “Hell Week,” possibly the most grueling and physically intense training period in the U.S. military. He was on his way to becoming a Navy SEAL when he died.
Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen is seen in these photos provided by his family. (Fox News Digital)
“Over the past few days, we have been awestruck at the outpouring of love and support that we have received,” Mullen’s family told Fox News Digital Saturday. “It is said in the Christmas classic ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ that ‘No man is a failure who has friends.’ If that is true, then Kyle is one of the most successful people to have ever walked this Earth.”
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Mullen died in California Feb. 4 of an unknown cause after successfully completing Hell Week, officials have said. The Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL candidate “was not actively training at the time of his death,” the U.S. Navy confirmed in a Feb. 6 press release.
Mullen’s family did not divulge any new information on his cause of death Saturday, asking for privacy and saying, “This will be our only statement at this time.”