Updated: 6:40 PM EST Feb 23, 2021
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Show Transcript THE HELP IS IN THE FORM OF TWO TRUCKS THAT LEFT WITH VITAL SUPPLIES FOR TEXAS. INSIDE THESE BOXES IS NUTRITIOUS, NON-PERISHABLE FOOD THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED BY PEOPLE IN TEXAS, WHO ARE STILL REELING FROM THE MAJOR WINTER STORM. WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE 150,000 POUNDS OF FOOD THAT WE’RE GOING TO PUT ON TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS AND SEND TO FREEPORT, TEXAS. TODAY, THE LAST OF THE PALLETS WERE LOADED AND THE TRUCKS HIT THE ROAD TO FREEPORT, TEXAS WHICH IS 60 MILES SOUTH OF HOUSTON. THE MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY SUPPORT FOUNDATION MADE THIS VITAL MISSION A REALITY, SENDING FOOD TO BOTH VETERANS AND NON-VETERANS. STATE REP. STEVE XIARHOS GOT THE MISSION STARTED WHEN HE WAS CONTACTED BY A MARINE VETERAN FROM TEXAS. THERE’S A MAN NAMED ERNESTO CASAS. HE LIVES IN TEXAS, AN WHEN MY SON, NICK, WAS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN AS A MARINE THIS MARINE FROM TEXAS CAME ALL THE WAY TO MASSACHUSETTS AND VISITED US