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Recieved this little diddy of a tale involving a soldier and Pittsburg steeler Franco Harris. When recieving this sort of stuff I always check the sources and incidently I could not find any info to confirm or condem the story. If true then I have a new respect for Franco but if not "Oh well". In either case I'm still no fan of the Steelers. Go Ravens!!
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE SOLDIER'S RETURN FLIGHT
TO IRAQ. HE SAW A MAN GO INTO THE BATHROOM AT THE
PITTSBURGH AIRPORT & THOUGHT HE RECOGNIZED HIM.
WHEN THE MAN CAME OUT HE WENT OVER TO HIM & SAID
'EXCUSE ME SIR BUT ARE YOU FRANCO HARRIS?'
THE MAN REPLIED 'YES I AM' & THEN BEING SUCH A BIG
STEELER FAN THAT HE IS ASKED HIM IF HE COULD HAVE
A PIC OF HIM FRANCO WAS AGREEABLE TO THIS.
AFTER TAKING THE PIC THEY TALKED FOR A FEW MINUTES
& HE TOLD HIM HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO IRAQ.
FRANCO ACKNOWLEDGED HIS SADNESS & GAVE HIM
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR A SAFE RETURN. THEY THEN SHOOK HANDS
& PARTED ON THEIR WAYS...
THE END OF THE STORY YOU WOULD THINK, BUT NOT SO....
YOU SEE AFTER A WHILE THE SOLDIER'S NAME WAS
ANNOUNCED OVER THE LOUD SPEAKER TO COME TO THE DESK...
WHICH HE DID...
ONCE THERE THE LADY BEHIND THE COUNTER INFORMED HIM
THAT THERE WAS AN EMPTYSEAT IN FIRST CLASS & SHE WAS
GOING TO BUMP HIM UP TO THAT SEAT IF IT WAS OK WITH HIM.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T CARE WHERE HE SAT IN THE PLANE AS LONG
AS HE MADE IT TO ATLANTA TO CATCH THE ARMY PLANE
SO SHE INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS NOW GOING FIRST CLASS
TO ATLANTA. HE THANKED HER & WENT BACK TO TELL EVERYONE
AS HE WAITED TO BOARD THE PLANE. ONCE HE WAS SEATED ON
THE PLANE HE WAS WAVING OUT THE WINDOW TO HIS DAD & PAPAS
HE FELT A HAND ON HIS LEG. HE TURNED TO HIS SIDE &
THERE WAS FRANCO SITTING IN THE SEAT NEXT TO HIM!!!
NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY TALKED ALL THE WAY TO ATLANTA
ABOUT THE STEELERS & THEN PARTED WITH FRANCO
TAKING HIS ADDRESS & GIVING HIS SIGNED TICKET STUB
TO THE SOLDIER AS VALIDATION OF THEIR TRIP TOGETHER.
THIS WAS A TRIP NOT OF SADNESS & LONELINESS BUT ONE
THIS SOLDIER WILL NEVER FORGET & WILL TALK ABOUT
FOREVER THANKS TO FRANCO HARRIS.
THIS ACT OF KINDNESS & GENEROSITY FROM THIS MAN IS
ONE THAT WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS.
IN MY OPINION, FRANCO HARRIS IS 'THE MAN OF ALL MEN'!!
I WISH I COULD THANK HIM FOR MAKING A SOLDIER'S
LONELY FLIGHT BACK TO WAR ONE OF HIS
ULTIMATE LIFETIME EXPERIENCES THAT HE WILL
TALK ABOUT FOREVER.
THANK YOU MR. FRANCO HARRIS
A SOLDIER'S AUNT
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE SOLDIER'S RETURN FLIGHT
TO IRAQ. HE SAW A MAN GO INTO THE BATHROOM AT THE
PITTSBURGH AIRPORT & THOUGHT HE RECOGNIZED HIM.
WHEN THE MAN CAME OUT HE WENT OVER TO HIM & SAID
'EXCUSE ME SIR BUT ARE YOU FRANCO HARRIS?'
THE MAN REPLIED 'YES I AM' & THEN BEING SUCH A BIG
STEELER FAN THAT HE IS ASKED HIM IF HE COULD HAVE
A PIC OF HIM FRANCO WAS AGREEABLE TO THIS.
AFTER TAKING THE PIC THEY TALKED FOR A FEW MINUTES
& HE TOLD HIM HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO IRAQ.
FRANCO ACKNOWLEDGED HIS SADNESS & GAVE HIM
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR A SAFE RETURN. THEY THEN SHOOK HANDS
& PARTED ON THEIR WAYS...
THE END OF THE STORY YOU WOULD THINK, BUT NOT SO....
YOU SEE AFTER A WHILE THE SOLDIER'S NAME WAS
ANNOUNCED OVER THE LOUD SPEAKER TO COME TO THE DESK...
WHICH HE DID...
ONCE THERE THE LADY BEHIND THE COUNTER INFORMED HIM
THAT THERE WAS AN EMPTYSEAT IN FIRST CLASS & SHE WAS
GOING TO BUMP HIM UP TO THAT SEAT IF IT WAS OK WITH HIM.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T CARE WHERE HE SAT IN THE PLANE AS LONG
AS HE MADE IT TO ATLANTA TO CATCH THE ARMY PLANE
SO SHE INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS NOW GOING FIRST CLASS
TO ATLANTA. HE THANKED HER & WENT BACK TO TELL EVERYONE
AS HE WAITED TO BOARD THE PLANE. ONCE HE WAS SEATED ON
THE PLANE HE WAS WAVING OUT THE WINDOW TO HIS DAD & PAPAS
HE FELT A HAND ON HIS LEG. HE TURNED TO HIS SIDE &
THERE WAS FRANCO SITTING IN THE SEAT NEXT TO HIM!!!
NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY TALKED ALL THE WAY TO ATLANTA
ABOUT THE STEELERS & THEN PARTED WITH FRANCO
TAKING HIS ADDRESS & GIVING HIS SIGNED TICKET STUB
TO THE SOLDIER AS VALIDATION OF THEIR TRIP TOGETHER.
THIS WAS A TRIP NOT OF SADNESS & LONELINESS BUT ONE
THIS SOLDIER WILL NEVER FORGET & WILL TALK ABOUT
FOREVER THANKS TO FRANCO HARRIS.
THIS ACT OF KINDNESS & GENEROSITY FROM THIS MAN IS
ONE THAT WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS.
IN MY OPINION, FRANCO HARRIS IS 'THE MAN OF ALL MEN'!!
I WISH I COULD THANK HIM FOR MAKING A SOLDIER'S
LONELY FLIGHT BACK TO WAR ONE OF HIS
ULTIMATE LIFETIME EXPERIENCES THAT HE WILL
TALK ABOUT FOREVER.
THANK YOU MR. FRANCO HARRIS
A SOLDIER'S AUNT
