evidence: Remembering A SEAL Shot Down In Afghanistan A Navy SEAL from Massachusetts is among the 30 Americans who died Saturday when insurgents shot down their helicopter after a battle in Afghanistan. Kevin Houston was one of 22 members from the elite U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 on board. Some of Houston's classmates gathered over the weekend to remember their friend. MICHELE NORRIS, host: One of those who died in Saturday's helicopter crash was Navy SEAL, Kevin Houston. Report Curt Nickisch, of member station WBUR in Boston, spent the weekend talking with some of Houston's friends. He sent this remembrance.