Last Letters Home: Sag Harbor Marine's last thoughts shared with his mother days before he was killed News 12 Staff Updated on:May 27, 2021, 10:51pm EDT Thirteen years ago, Marine Lance Corporal Jordan Haerter, of Sag Harbor, made the ultimate sacrifice when he helped stop a suicide bomber from passing his checkpoint in Iraq. Haerter shared his last thoughts with his mother, JoAnn Lyles, just days before he was killed. Lyles says Jordan was her only child and that he wanted things right in the world. She says he was always a champion for the underdog. "He was proud to be a Marine. He made sure, it's called a gig line," says Lyles. "He made sure he was always perfect. Everything had to be just so when he wore his uniform."