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LINCOLNVILLE — Bernard Ivan Young passed away October 22, 2022, surrounded by his loving family, including his wife Rachel, at the Sussman House in Rockport. He was born September 21, 1935, the son of Bernice (Lermond) and Ivan Young of Millertown...
Just because she was feeling it. >> that progressed? >> yeah. it progressed to the point that -- my mind wasn't thinking straight. >> mo, what were you going to do? drop your entire life and run over to a war zone? >> yeah. i mean, when she first looked at these videos, she had, you know, a strong belief that, okay, this is the group to really help out, you know, the muslims rebuild towns, people helping to feed the needy. >> according to the fbi, jaylen young reached out to a contact she thought would help her and mo travel to turkey. across the border into syria and join isis. the two secret...
Is at the very start of an eight-year federal prison sentence for trying to join and help isis, a radical muslim extremist? hardly. he's as american as you and me and got into this mess because he fell in love. how did this happen? >> where do you want me to start exactly? >> his friends know him as mo born and raised in mississippi. muslim and non-muslim friends, hit and miss with the ladies until at mississippi state university in his senior year he met and fell head over heels for a mississippi state cheerleader named jaelyn young. >> she was beautiful and things like that. >> she's america...
Istanbul. on august 8th, 2015 mo and jaylen packed their bags. he wrote the goodbye letter to his parents. the first lines, i'm sorry, i love you, i've decided to leave and i won't be coming back. they got as far as the boarding gate. >> the moment they arrested you. >> my heart sank. my whole body shut down. >> where it turns out the online isis recruiter who had been helping make arrangements for the couple was in fact an fbi employee. this past summer they both pleaded guilty. mo given an eight year sentence with his cooperation with authorities. jaelyn young the mastermind was sentenced to...