posted on July 15, 2004 04:11:30 PM new
Passengers Give Troops First-Class Seats
Jul 15, 10:01 AM (ET)
DALLAS (AP) - Eight soldiers flying home from Iraq for two weeks of R&R flew in style instead of coach after first-class passengers offered to swap seats with them.
"The soldiers were very, very happy, and the whole aircraft had a different feeling," flight attendant Lorrie Gammon told The Dallas Morning News in Thursday's editions.
The June 29 seat-swap on American Airlines Flight 866 from Atlanta to Chicago started before boarding, when a businessman approached one of the soldiers and traded his seat.
When the swapping was done, "the other two first-class passengers wanted to give up their seats, too, but they couldn't find any more soldiers," Gammon said.
Another flight attendant, Candi Spradlin, said she was impressed with the acts of good will.
"If nothing else, those soldiers got a great homecoming," she said.
"The natural family is a man and woman bound in a lifelong covenant of marriage for the purposes of:
*the continuation of the human species,
*the rearing of children,
*the regulation of sexuality,
*the provision of mutual support and protection,
*the creation of an altruistic domestic economy, and
*the maintenance of bonds between the generations."
posted on July 15, 2004 05:28:35 PM new
That was a wonderful article. I think people want to do what they can to show their appreciation to those who are serving our country. A small gesture which made a big statement. It's nice to know there are still people who act this way towards others.
posted on July 15, 2004 05:31:16 PM new
Yep. I do things like that all the time, and I'm not a neo-con or a Christian.
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posted on July 15, 2004 05:56:09 PM new
but, bunni, you keep professing you're not a liberal.....but rather an Independent....so you don't count towards the title statement.
Seriously though...I do too. Whenever I see a soldier in uniform...usually in a restaurant, I offer to pay for their meal as a way of saying thank you....in a tiny, tiny way that I am able to. Got a little more expensive when I visited my eldest son on base though.
posted on July 15, 2004 08:19:51 PM new
It's a nice story.
BUT, remember there are good and bad people out there no matter what their political beliefs are.
Amazing how some of you classify yourselves as the righteous and perfect because you worship Bush and that almost everyone else in this world is pure evil. How stupid is that?
posted on July 15, 2004 08:48:57 PM new
kiara, I know there are good and bad people,, in ALL aspects, not only political.
I am far from perfect or righteous, and have never said I was. And I have never seen Linda, Bear, 12, EAG and others say they were either.
I do not WORSHIP Bush. I do worship one God, his Son and the Holy Spirit. That is all of whom I do worship. Nothing to do with Bush. And that is my own personal belief, that I do not 'push' on anyone.
Because I like Bush as President does not mean I worship him.
Because I lean to the 'right' does not make me know all, or am correct all the time. That is my personal beliefs in the political 'arena'
posted on July 15, 2004 08:58:05 PM new
Near, some here imply they are more righteous than the left with their c&p posts that lean that way, such as Bear's (which is totally ridiculous).
posted on July 15, 2004 09:06:22 PM new
Sorry, NTS but I wasn't directing my comment at you. It was more at Bear for the title he chose for the topic and then twelvepole's follow-up response.
posted on July 15, 2004 09:08:46 PM new
Bear, do you evaluate and thus sum up everyone you meet based on political party affiliation? If so, you are as bad as helen.
posted on July 15, 2004 09:11:43 PM new Bet the 8 that gave up their seats weren't Libs
What a great thing for those folks to have done. And what a typically moronic thing for you to say.
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posted on July 16, 2004 12:48:32 AM new
And,while Some of us are patting ourselves on the back and bragging about how we treat members of our armed services......
let's not forget that it was a REPUBLICAN administration who put these fine young people in harm's way to start with by misleading the American people with the reasons for going to war.
I doubt that HALIBURTON employees and others who are making a very nice profit on this war appreciate that there are quite a few soldiers who didn't need a seat on a plane...
they were in caskets in the cargo hold....
you know, the caskets we're not ALLOWED to see in this "free" country of ours.
