'I'm proud he died with his boots on'

"He was the one who went and got help, even though he was wounded," Mark Young said, adding that he has the utmost respect for Heidbrink.

The Youngs came back to Bountiful early Friday. As they waited for their baggage, they saw a missionary who had completed his service being greeted by family members.

"We are so happy he's home," Kathy Young said. "It was just a moment — a moment I was denied."

The Youngs refuse to believe they are now a five-member family.

"Life is eternal, and we are always a family," Kathy Young said.

As for the man who is now accused of shooting their son, the Youngs don't hold any anger.

"Just sorrow," Mark Young said. "The consequences of this are going to last some time."

"I'm proud that he died with his boots on," Kathy Young said of her son.

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