MIRAMAR, Fla. – Deanna Aregbesola was home in Miramar with her son on Wednesday. She talked about the sacrifices that her husband of nearly six years, a migrant from Nigeria, endured after moving to the United States in 2017.
In the face of intense grief, she also thought about when Michael Aregbesola decided to join the U.S. military to serve the country he loved so dearly and to give her and her son a better life.
She was heartbroken when she got the news that he had vanished while serving as a U.S. Navy sailor in the Red Sea, and when the Pentagon announced he was dead.
“He was a very selfless man,” the grieving widow said.
Her mother, Marva Mathurin, said Miramar officials have been very supportive, but nothing can calm their pain. She said he was a great son-in-law, husband, and father figure.
“We are very, very distraught — devastated,” Mathurin said.