What would it take for you to take time off from your job or stop what you had planned to go out into pouring rain with temperatures in the 40's and stand along a highway or atop an overpass or bridge and hold an American flag as a funeral procession passes on a 200 mile journey? Thousands and thousands did just that to honor Chris Kyle. Men, women and children lined the way for his final destination in Austin to be laid to rest.
There were tears, salutes, and solemn faces as the former Navy SEAL passed. People that did not know each other and most did not know Chris Kyle, stood in the cold and rain to honor a fallen hero.
There are those that say, this is how we should honor all fallen soldiers. I would agree, but it is impossible for that to happen. But, today Kyle was representative all of those that went before him and those that will follow in defense of this country.
What does it take to do what these thousands did. I can only tell you that as a veteran, I know that if I had been in a position to be there I would have gladly stood in the rain. I can’t explain it any more than that. If you don’t understand, there’s no explanation that would help you.
Chris Kyle, I can only offer you a salute.
He and tens of thousands of others know what I mean.
PMO
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