On May 11, 2012, a Marine, Sgt. Wade Wilson of Leona, Tx was Killed in Action in Afghanistan. Leona is not too far from here. I never met him, but it doesn't mean this is any less heartbreaking to me. He was 24 years old. this past Friday, May 18, his body was flown into a nearby city, and then transported to Centerville, Tx for his funeral, that would be on May 19th. Many people gathered at the airport he was flown into, and caravanned up to Centerville. My city, along with a few others en route to his destination, gathered in honor of him. Our police, along with the fire department, blocked off one of the overpasses above the major highway that Sgt. Wilson would be transported through, and there, people gathered with American flags to cheer, or mourn, his homecoming. In all honesty, I wish we did this for EVERY military, EVERY time they came home, not just when they lay down their life. The caravan definitely brought tears to my eyes, to see the number of police, motorcyclists, and just cars in general driving the road with Sgt. Wilson. Paying their respects the best we know how. I was driving the opposite direction they were, so I had a descent view of what was going on.
Sgt. Wilson's friends made a few youtube videos of him as well: very touching.
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Goosebumps.
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