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
Had an impact on those outside the uniform. can you share one. a year ago, michael from houston, texas, we flew he and his mother and sister in, put them up in a hotel, goes to school dressed as career day, in a time where police officers are already under fire, he dresses as a police officer, gets bullied and gets almost thrown out of his wheelchair. we wanted to show, when it came to our attention, how much little boys like michael and little girls mean to us, they are the reasons why we, we remember every single day why we suit up. that one day of perceptions changes. wearing a uniform from his hometown in texas, being given the most amazing tour of new york city and of all of nypd, a mounted unit in the harbor, thanks to nyc blue lives matter.