Two Hays veterans among those lost in 2011 in Afghanistan

A Kansas City, Mo., brewery will once again honor fallen veterans — including two from Hays — by releasing a beer crafted in their honor.
Torn Label Brewing’s “31 Heroes” will be released for the third time, in honor of the soldiers who died in August 2011 when their Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan.

Among the fallen were 1998 Thomas More Prep-Marian graduate Bryan Nichols and 1982 Hays High School graduate Dave Carter.