sacrifice themselves on the basic principle that we should live free. while the cause is the same everyone has a different reason for serving. maybe they are following in their father s footsteps or felt a calling after the terrorists tore down the twin towers. for me it was a patriotic parade or a series of them in a small town. motherly day and fourth of july parades in a tiny town in southern minnesota where my parents grew up. the whole town lined up on the tree sign side of the main street waiting for the veterans to walk by and when they came older vets and younger vets, crowd clapped and saluted. the reverence that town had for the veterans made me say, wow, those men really did something special. something bigger than this town. something bigger than themselves. these men were willing to put on a uniform and face danger for me, a kid they never met. it was just a handful of veterans, from one town. but every town in america gave men like that. out of sheer patriotism
Gone through and it will be a big part of my future as well, and you talk about what i got through. i know you ve managed to get through in your life, i know you had stage three triple negative breast cancer, you fought through that and you raised a lot of awareness for that as well. i ve been to the cancer gala as well. you were helping on every different front. i have never met someone who is so inspirational, kind, and intelligent and goes out and gets things done when they have to be done. jen, as i sit here today talking to you i wouldn t be here, wouldn t be with my family, and many people out there wouldn t be doing so well who have been battling through what they have been battling through if it weren t for your help and people wouldn t know nearly as much if it wasn t for the truth you shared and jen it s a great honor to be a friend of yours and thank you for what you ve done for me and for all the others. thank you, jen. i m humbled, thank you. up next, decades after ris
History, when we stand together, we can accomplish anything. our fox family experienced that first hand last year. after foreign correspondent hall was gravely injured in the ukraine war. but through the powerful friendship with jennifer griffin and a little help from god, benjamin came out on top. take a look. while covering the war in ukraine i ve met so many people who make me immensely proud to be an american. without the bravery of service men, doctors, and nurses i would not be here today but on this independence day i would like to take the time to thank my colleague, my dear friend jeffrey griefen for saving my life that day. hearing your voice makes me get a little emotional think about to a year and a half ago and looking back in terms of what you ve done in your recovery and positive attitude,