Saturday, September 16, 2006

Nice Gesture


Every day at DFW Airport, troops are brought home from Iraq. Some of them for good, others for a brief couple of weeks.

They all get the same treatment. The fire/rescue people give the arriving plane a water-cannon salute (see above). And once the weary troops (the flight originates in Shannon, Ireland) step off the plane, dozens of local volunteers form a double line and applaud as each soldier leave the gate.

Very cool gestures by very nice folks for very deserving men and women.

1 comment:

I am Heather...creator of all things crafty! said...

Wow, that's really cool. When we were at DFW in July to pic up my sister there were 3 servicemen that arrived and were awaiting luggage on the bagging carousel. I took Luke over and had him shake all 3 of their hands and tell them thank you for what they are doing for our country. It was a sweet moment watching a 2 year old say, "Ank You" and not know what he was doing, but they appreciated the gesture. I could tell.