The Palm Coast Fire Department hosted a Gold Star Dedication ceremony in which they dedicated a Fire Engine 24 in memory of Army Corporal Raheen Tyson Heighter this past weekend.
ursula, thank you for being here today. you give voice to the fallen. with so many families trying to understand what s next, what can you share from your experience that could be of high value to them in their own lives? well, thank you so much for having me. definitely these two weeks have been very difficult for the gold star community. we have been asking ourselves what was it for? was the service and the sacrifice of our loved ones worth it? and i am trying to answer that question to myself by talking to different people who deployed with him and who deployed before and after him and have been there for many, many years. and i was able to come to the understanding that it was indeed worth it. they went there, they accomplished a mission, and
man killed in action in afghanistan in 2011. jane horton. thank you for being here. i know this is probably a day where you alternate between rage and grief. let s get your thoughts this morning. you ve traveled to afghanistan and as you watched what is happening unfold in that country today. yes, ma am. thank you so much for having me on today. i m so grateful to have a voice. my heart is broken. our hearts are broken as the gold star community. i ve seen the same message sent to me. our fragile hearts already broken that we pieced together through service honoring our loved ones and loving and caring for them and americans here at home is broken. and we re worried about their fellow brothers and sisters in arms as well and afghan allies. dana: when you traveled you had a blog you kept notes on. i want to read one portion. you wrote i did not want to go to afghanistan for closure, but
this has led to rise ever anti-semitism in person and on and off campus. twitter in the span of one leak are the antidefamation reported 17,000 tweets featuring the hashtag hitler was right. on top of a sharp increase in violence and harrassment against jews. my chancellor i condemn him for what he did denouncing attacks of anti-semitism, members of the palestinian community were outraged. as you said this led my chancellor having to apologize going back and forth for the simple fact denouncing anti-semitism something used to be uncontroversial. leads me to act what about condemning acts of violence against jews require an apology? why can t we call it an apology? pete: why can t they? because faculty, others that are at places like rutgers are openly anti-israel, pro-palestinian and, as a result, any university president
projects like this. we re kind of a, we re kind of a sideline population within the gold star community for good intentions. usually the parents or spouses of those who have been killed in action overseas are first to be contacted for things like this. to represent the gold star sibling population. talk about my brother which i could do all day, every day, to anyone that wants to listen to me it, was an incredible video, very well-done. i m very thankful to be be a part of it. will: incredible video, incredible project, incredible idea. major thank you very much. midshipman, kathleen fox, thanks for being on the program. thank you. thank you. will: pete, over to you. pete: great stuff. turning now to your headlines starting with a fox news alert. overnight more than 20 people are shot at a concert in florida. at least two people are dead. the concert was held at a banquet hall in the miami area.