UFO & GOD

This Is A Humbling Story                    article by:  James Thomas Fridas

Please take the time to read this and pass it on to all those who love our freedom and liberty, this is as true a story as you will read anywhere and it was never been in the media, after all they are not liberty loving people for the most part they are the enemy and support terrorism, they just do not make a lot of noise supporting them, if it seems I am harsh toward the media prove me wrong! After all how many positive stories about the military have you heard? If the story below brings tears to your eye’s then you will know the pain that families and loved one's are feeling loosing their loved ones in battle, so please after reading pass this on and say the prayer at the end, thank you!

An Air lines Captain wrote the following, they did not tell me his name:

This one needed to be passed on to most on my email list.  It really makes you stop and think how we go about our daily lives and don't realize what sacrifices are made by others to keep us safe. 

My lead flight attendant came to me and said,"We  have an  H.R.  on this flight." (H.R.  stands for  human remains.)"Are they military?"  I asked.

'Yes',    she said.

'Is there an escort?' I  asked.'Yes, I already assigned him a seat'.

'Would  you please  tell him to come to the flight deck.  You can board him early," I said..

A short while later, a  young army sergeant entered the  flight deck.  He was the image of the  perfectly dressed soldier.  He introduced himself and  I asked him about his soldier. 

The escorts of these fallen soldiers talk about them as if they are still alive and still with us

'My soldier is on his way back to Virginia ,'  he said.

He proceeded to answer my questions, but offered no words.

I asked him if there was anything I could do for him and he said no. I told him that he had the toughest job in the military and that I appreciated the work that he does for the families of our fallen soldiers.

The first officer and I got up  out of our seats to shake his hand.  He left the flight  deck to find his seat. We completed our pre flight checks, pushed back and performed an uneventful departure.  About 30 minutes into our flight I received a call from the lead flight attendant in the cabin.. 'I just found out  the family of the soldier we are carrying, is on board', she said.  She then proceeded to tell me that the  father, mother, wife and2-year old  daughter were

escorting their son,  husband, and father home.  

The family was upset  because they were  unable to see the container that the soldier was in  before we left.  We  were on our way to a major hub at which the family  was going to wait four hours for the connecting flight home to Virginia .

The father of the soldier told the flight attendant that  knowing his son was below him in the cargo compartment and being unable to see him was too much for him and the family to bear.

He had  asked the flight  attendant if there was anything that could  be done to allow them to see him upon our arrival. The family wanted to be outside by the cargo door  to watch the  soldier  being taken off the airplane.. I could hear the desperation  in the  flight attendants voice when she  asked me if there was anything I  could  do.. 'I'm on it', I said. I told her that I  would get back  to her.  Airborne communication with my company normally occurs in the  form  of  e-mail like messages.

I decided  to  bypass this system and contact my  flight dispatcher directly on a secondary  radio. There is a radio operator in the operations control center who  connects you to the telephone of the  dispatcher.

I was  in direct contact with the dispatcher..  I explained the situation I had on board with  the family  and what it was the family wanted.

He said he understood and that he would get back to me.

Two hours went by and I had not heard from the dispatcher. 

We were going to get busy soon and I needed to know what to tell the  family.

I sent a text  message asking for  an update. I saved the return  message from the dispatcher and the following is  the  text:

'Captain,  sorry it has taken so long to get back to  you.   There  is policy on  this now and I had to check on a few things.   Upon your arrival a dedicated escort team will meet the aircraft.

The team will escort the family to the ramp and plane side. A van will be used to load the remains with a secondary van for the family.  The family will be taken to their departure area and escorted into the terminal where the remains can  be seen on the ramp. It is a private  area for the family only.

When the  connecting aircraft arrives, the family will be escorted onto the ramp and plane side to watch the remains being loaded for the final leg home. 

Captain,  most of us here in flight control are

veterans.    Please pass our condolences on to the family.

Thanks.'

I sent a message back telling flight control thanks for a good job.  I printed out the message and gave  it to the lead flight attendant to pass on to the father. The lead flight attendant was very thankful and told me, 'You  have no idea how much this will  mean to them.'

Things  started getting busy for the descent, approach and landing.  After landing, we cleared the runway and taxied to the ramp  area.

The ramp is huge with 15 gates on either side of the alleyway. 

It is always a busy area with aircraft maneuvering every which way to enter and exit.

When we entered the ramp and checked in with the ramp controller,  we were told that  all  traffic was being held for us.

'There is a team in  place to meet the aircraft', we were told.   It looked like it was all coming together, then I  realized that once we  turned the  seat belt sign off,  everyone would stand up at  once and  delay the family from  getting off the airplane.  As we approached our gate, I  asked the  copilot to tell the ramp controller we were going to stop  short of  the gate to make an announcement to the  passengers. He did that and  the ramp controller said, 'Take your time.'

We  continued the turn to the gate, came to a Stop and started our  shutdown procedures.

A couple of  minutes later I opened the cockpit door.  I  found the two forward flight attendants crying, something you just do not see

I  was told  that  after we came to a stop, every passenger on the aircraft  stayed in their seats, waiting for the family to exit  the  aircraft.

When the  family got up and gathered their things, a passenger slowly started to clap his  hands.  Moments later more passengers joined in and soon  the  entire aircraft was clapping.

Words  of 'God  Bless You', I'm sorry, thank  you, be proud, and other kind  words were uttered to the family as they made their  way  down the aisle and out of the airplane. 

They  were escorted down to the ramp to finally be with  their loved one.

Many of the passengers disembarking thanked me for the announcement I had made.

They were just words,  I told them,  I could say

them over and over again,  but nothing I say will  bring back that brave soldier.

I respectfully ask that all of you reflect on this event  and the  sacrifices that millions of  our men and women have made to ensure  our freedom and safety in these United  States of AMERICA .

Foot note:

As a Viet  Nam Veteran I can only think of all the

veterans  including the ones that  rode  below the deck on their way home and how they were  treated.

When I read things like this I am proud that our country has not turned  their backs on our soldiers  returning from the various war zones today and give  them the respect they so deserve.

I know every one who has served their country who reads this will have tears in their eyes,  including me. Prayer chain for our Military... Don't break  it!

Please send this on after a short  it!

  prayer for our service men and  women.

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Prayer:   'Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.  Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform  for us in our time of need. Amen..' 

Prayer Request: When you  receive this, please stop for a moment and say a  prayer for our troops around the  world.

Of all the gifts you could give a Marine, Soldier, Sailor, Airman, & others deployed in harm's way, prayer is the very best  one. GOD BLESS YOU!!