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Emotional Homecoming Welcomes Soldier At Philadelphia International Airport After Deployment In Kuwait

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It was an emotional homecoming at Philadelphia International Airport on Wednesday. for an Army soldier serving overseas.

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"It's been hard. He's been, like, the best friend to me," said the brother of Army 1st Lt. Gabriel Keown of Northeast Philadelphia.

He got emotional as did his parents.

They were there with open arms as Keown stepped off the plane, returning home from a deployment in Kuwait.

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When asked what he missed the most while away, Keown said the food.

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