Putting things in perspective
05-29-2011, 06:53 PM
#21
Day puke
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: Out.
Posts: 3,865
Not quite... This happens more than you think:
YouTube - ‪Patriot Guard Escorts Fallen Soldier form Caddo MIlls, Texas‬‏
YouTube - ‪Texas Funeral - A special tribute to a fallen soldier‬‏
YouTube - ‪Fallen Marine Returns Home‬‏
YouTube - ‪Body Of Fallen Marine Returns To Kentucky‬‏
YouTube - ‪Welcoming Home a Hero - Fallen Marine LCpl Brandon Lara‬‏
A few months ago I was being dropped off at BWI and I noticed a SWA aircraft being ceremoniously doused by the ARFF. I assumed that it was someones last flight due to retirement. A huge cheering crowd surrounded my departure gate. My first thought was that it was for some celebs or maybe a local sports team returning triumphantly home. As I got closer and peered over the crowd I saw 60+ WWII vets slowly deplaning, some in wheelchairs others slowly making their way off the jetbridge on their own. As each one appeared from the jetbridge the cheering and clapping escaladed. As they made their way through crowd, the vets touched and shook outreaching hands. For me, personally, it was an unreported historical event that I'll never forget. It took a lot for me to hold back the tears. I ended up in the jumpseat with the same crew that brought the vets in. It was their idea to have the water cannons waiting in tribute to these vets.
It's very common to see passengers expressing their gratitude to the many soldiers that pass through ATL as well. Not all is lost here in America... there's hope...
YouTube - ‪Patriot Guard Escorts Fallen Soldier form Caddo MIlls, Texas‬‏
YouTube - ‪Texas Funeral - A special tribute to a fallen soldier‬‏
YouTube - ‪Fallen Marine Returns Home‬‏
YouTube - ‪Body Of Fallen Marine Returns To Kentucky‬‏
YouTube - ‪Welcoming Home a Hero - Fallen Marine LCpl Brandon Lara‬‏
A few months ago I was being dropped off at BWI and I noticed a SWA aircraft being ceremoniously doused by the ARFF. I assumed that it was someones last flight due to retirement. A huge cheering crowd surrounded my departure gate. My first thought was that it was for some celebs or maybe a local sports team returning triumphantly home. As I got closer and peered over the crowd I saw 60+ WWII vets slowly deplaning, some in wheelchairs others slowly making their way off the jetbridge on their own. As each one appeared from the jetbridge the cheering and clapping escaladed. As they made their way through crowd, the vets touched and shook outreaching hands. For me, personally, it was an unreported historical event that I'll never forget. It took a lot for me to hold back the tears. I ended up in the jumpseat with the same crew that brought the vets in. It was their idea to have the water cannons waiting in tribute to these vets.
It's very common to see passengers expressing their gratitude to the many soldiers that pass through ATL as well. Not all is lost here in America... there's hope...
He sent me an email today:
I sold poppies this AM (at church for the wounded vets). We made more than $300. The surprise was the number of $10 and $20s. There seemed to be a respect for us that I first noticed last year. Maybe some people are getting back to patriotism.
For those who are still far from home, take a few minutes and send them a care package. If you don't know anyone, here are a couple sites:
http://www.anysoldier.com/
http://www.ustroopcarepackage.com/
http://www.opgratitude.com/
06-01-2011, 07:36 AM
#22
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Posts: 157
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things.The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made so and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
Fred
Fred
06-01-2011, 10:54 PM
#23
trying to get on...
Joined APC: Jan 2011
Position: BE200
Posts: 40
On a SWA flight, a couple of years back, a well dressed older gentleman sitting in front of me asked a passing FA for a favor.
Speaking in a hushed voice, he stated that he noticed a young female soldier in uniform on the flight. He told the FA that he wanted to buy a round for all of the military members on the flight in or out of uniform...and he wanted to remain anonymous.
The FA immediately went forward and talked to the purser who made an announcement on the PA.
It was one of the most moving things I have witnessed in my lifetime...the hands of the military members slowly rising above their seats and the airplane erupting in spontaneous applause for their service.
Speaking in a hushed voice, he stated that he noticed a young female soldier in uniform on the flight. He told the FA that he wanted to buy a round for all of the military members on the flight in or out of uniform...and he wanted to remain anonymous.
The FA immediately went forward and talked to the purser who made an announcement on the PA.
It was one of the most moving things I have witnessed in my lifetime...the hands of the military members slowly rising above their seats and the airplane erupting in spontaneous applause for their service.
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