New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was not permitted to speak at the Queens funeral of a fallen US Army sergeant on Friday. The grieving family of 28-year-old Staff Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad requested that the local leader remain seated during the service at the Calvary Assembly of God Church, citing a strict desire to avoid political distractions as the community mourned her passing.
The solemn gathering came after Rampersad was killed on the 17th of July 2026. The 28-year-old lost her life during a devastating Iranian missile attack on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. She was stationed at the Middle Eastern facility as an integral part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the ongoing military campaign directed against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
