{"id":67083,"date":"2026-02-24T16:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/parents-of-national-guard-member-fatally-shot-in-d-c-will-attend-state-of-the-union\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:05:40","slug":"parents-of-national-guard-member-fatally-shot-in-d-c-will-attend-state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/parents-of-national-guard-member-fatally-shot-in-d-c-will-attend-state-of-the-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of National Guard member fatally shot in D.C. will attend State of the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The parents of Sarah Beckstrom, the 20-year-old National Guard member who was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/national-guard-member-killed-dc-shooting-coworkers\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed in an ambush-style attack<\/a><\/span> while patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., a day before Thanksgiving, will be among the special guests at President Trump&#8217;s State of the Union address Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Another guest for the speech at the U.S. Capitol will be 7-year-old Dalilah Coleman, who was critically injured in a six-car pileup in California allegedly caused by a truck driver who was in the country illegally, White House officials told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump intends to acknowledge these guests during the part of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-to-watch-trump-state-of-the-union-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">his speech<\/a><\/span> on the southern border and homeland security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Coleman was 5 years old, a commercial tractor-trailer crashed into the car she was riding in, fracturing her skull, breaking her femur and causing a traumatic brain injury, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/california-father-says-newsom-ignored-pleas-after-migrant-truckers-crash-left-daughter-critically-injured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to<\/a> her father, Marcus Coleman, who is also a truck driver, and her mother, Ileana Krause.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A man from India, Partap Singh, was undocumented but was driving with a valid driver&#8217;s license issued in California when, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/09\/25\/father-speaks-out-after-ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-who-struck-and-severely\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, he failed to stop for traffic and a construction zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dhsgov\/status\/1971234475150279088?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">took Singh into custody<\/a> in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Since emerging from a coma after the crash, Dalilah Coleman has been recovering but is nonverbal and has diplegic cerebral palsy, her family has said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump also invited Evalea and Gary Beckstrom, the mother and father of Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two West Virginia National Guard members who was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/suspect-dc-national-guard-shooting-afghan-national-what-we-know\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shot not far from the White House<\/a><\/span> on Nov. 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The other, Air Force Staff Sgt. 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