The Way We Get By

These great Americans are on call day or night to visit and welcome troops coming home from overseas. They are volunteers who regardless of what is going on in their own lives,stop and immediately head over to the airport in Bangor, Maine and will wait however long it takes to ensure that once the Servicemembers coming home from Iraq get off the plane, they are welcomed with smiling faces, a handshake and a warm hug.


When I came home from Iraq the first time in February 2004, my plane stopped in Bangor, Maine. None of us had any idea that anybody would be there waiting for us. Matter of fact, it was the last thing we expected. It was around midnight and most of us were sleepy and jetlagged. When we entered the terminal, there were about 25 or 30 people (maybe more) waiting there with warm smiles. Some of them offered their own personal cell phones so the soldiers could make that first call home to let their families know that they had arrived safe and sound.


These people truly embody what it means to be a great American. They are true heroes. They could easily stay at home and rest. God knows they have certainly earned it (Some of them are Vietnam veterans) But instead they choose to take the time to wait at an airport for people they have never met. To ensure that those of us coming home have a warm welcome. The kind of welcome they did not receive when they came home themselves from an unpopular war.


God Bless these wonderful people. I thank them for THEIR service to US. Enjoy the video!!

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