My Daddys Honor Flight Photos 🥰
Sept 10, 2024 18:39:05 GMT
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Post by StephDRebel on Sept 10, 2024 18:39:05 GMT
Thank you so much to everyone who sent a card, good thoughts, and commented on my original post. It wouldn't allow me to update so I'm going to share these here.
The flight was a huge success, they had 100 veterans and the oldest Honor Flight traveler was 103 years old, simply amazing.
My dad has had a really neat life with some crazy experiences and wasn't super sure about this one. He had a very intense job with high stakes and lots of trauma but was not in direct combat so he almost felt like he didn't deserve it as much as someone else would.
He was originally nominated by a class of students at the local high school career center where he goes every now and then to talk about his military experiences and about some other paths he's taken. They nominated him and then he didn't get on the list somehow so the HF team told him to call them and they'd get him on the next one. He agreed, but didn't call and he ran into the same lady at a VA health fair and remembered him and gave him a date right then.
They left at 630am and didn't land until after midnight because of weather delays. They had the water cannons in DC and several people cheering and then went to all the monuments and had lunch and dinner before an enthusiastic welcome back in Columbus.
His flight buddy was a Vietnam Vet and they forged such a strong bond that day, they shared stories and several intense emotional moments.
They were both mobile and had a guardian to help them all day, but it was good for my dad to help his friend get around and honor the people he lost in Vietnam. He shared awful things about how they passed that I won't share, but it was the most emotional part of the day by far for both of them and their guardian.
Here are a few photos from the day, one I know every single one of them will remember forever.
It's only allowing me one photo at a time to upload...pause please...there are 9
The flight was a huge success, they had 100 veterans and the oldest Honor Flight traveler was 103 years old, simply amazing.
My dad has had a really neat life with some crazy experiences and wasn't super sure about this one. He had a very intense job with high stakes and lots of trauma but was not in direct combat so he almost felt like he didn't deserve it as much as someone else would.
He was originally nominated by a class of students at the local high school career center where he goes every now and then to talk about his military experiences and about some other paths he's taken. They nominated him and then he didn't get on the list somehow so the HF team told him to call them and they'd get him on the next one. He agreed, but didn't call and he ran into the same lady at a VA health fair and remembered him and gave him a date right then.
They left at 630am and didn't land until after midnight because of weather delays. They had the water cannons in DC and several people cheering and then went to all the monuments and had lunch and dinner before an enthusiastic welcome back in Columbus.
His flight buddy was a Vietnam Vet and they forged such a strong bond that day, they shared stories and several intense emotional moments.
They were both mobile and had a guardian to help them all day, but it was good for my dad to help his friend get around and honor the people he lost in Vietnam. He shared awful things about how they passed that I won't share, but it was the most emotional part of the day by far for both of them and their guardian.
Here are a few photos from the day, one I know every single one of them will remember forever.
It's only allowing me one photo at a time to upload...pause please...there are 9
