'It doesn't relieve the pain': Arrests made in fatal drone strike

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The parents of two local soldiers who were killed in a drone strike in Jordan in January learned that two men have been arrested in connection to the attack this week.

The parents of Sgt. Breonna Moffett and Sgt. Kennedy Sanders said they had mixed emotions when investigators called them.

They told News 3, they're glad to know justice will be served, but they still feel the weight of their daughter's absence.

"Even though they identified individuals responsible, it does not relieve the pain that we're going through," Shawn Sanders, Kennedy's father, said.

Breonna's mom, Francine Moffett, said, "No amount of justice will ever bring her back."

The two men alleged to be responsible are Mahdi Sadeghi of Massachusetts and Mohammad Abedini of Italy. Federal prosecutors said Sadeghi was shipping U.S.-made technology from Massachusetts to Abedini overseas, leading to the drone strike in Jordan.

"We often cite hypothetical risk when we talk about the dangers of American technologies getting into dangerous hands," Joshua Levy, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said. "Unfortunately, in this situation, we are not speculating."

It's almost been a full year since the attack. The parents told WSAV that they're leaning on one another and find comfort in the fact that they are all going through the same heartache.

"We do have a unique relationship, because we both lost children and the way that we lost our children," Oneida Oliver-Sanders, Kennedy's mom, said. "So, that has created a bond for us to be able to know that we have someone that we can talk to, who can relate directly to what we're going through."

Francine said, "We just have to keep moving forward because our life can't stop. We have to keep remembering her, honoring her and just keep pushing forward."

Both parents said Christmas was their daughters' favorite time of year, and it has certainly been an adjustment not having them here for big moments and holidays, but they know their girls would want them to continue on celebrating, all while thinking of them.