Feel good story of the day

[Sam1]

Navy vet died at a VA hospital in KY on 7/29, no one came forward to claim his remains.  His name was Don Kaas.  Funeral home director sent out a message on FB Tuesday afternoon saying it's a shame no one was with him when he passed, and that he wished people would attend the burial today to pay respects that the vet deserved.  In less than 48 hours people put together a burial with full honors & a chinook flyover, not just a couple, but multiple hundreds of people dropped what they were doing in the middle of the work week to show up.

 

http://www.wlky.com/news/hundreds-gather-to-remember-fallen-veteran/34695344

 

https://www.facebook.com/lex18/videos/10153589715568447/?pnref=story

[Grand Torino]

Damn.......way to go. :up:

[EssOne]

I guess there's still some class left in this country after all. Nice going to all. Very heart warming.

[Omega]

I have something in my eye.

[hipower]

That is a wonderful story. Thank you Sam1 for posting it.

[LagerHead]

I guess there's still some class left in this country after all. Nice going to all. Very heart warming.

 

Brother, there's tons of class left in this country. The problem is, class never makes the front page. They'll run this story and never speak of it again, but when something bad happens they beat that horse to death and then some.

[monkeylizard]

From the article:

A Vietnam-era Schnook helicopter did a flyover during the service.

 

Doh!

[TNWNGR]

Great story which wouldn't have happened without a caring community being brought into the mix via creative social media.

[bersaguy]

There are many class act folks in this country. Problem is they are not made aware of these situations soon enough. My hats off and I :usa: all of the fine folks that gave their time to show their support to this fallen HERO................... :up:

[bigun]

Thanks for posting. This is the kind of story that won't make the 6 o'clock news.

[Caster]

Happened in Kentucky?  No surprise.  The news may not cover it, EVER but we care about our troops here in Dixie.  

 

LagerHead is right, There's tons of class left here.  The media just don't give a  :poop:  because they have NONE.

 

 

Rest in peace Mr. Kaas.  Thank you for your service.

[Dustbuster]

Thanks my vote for post of the year. Taps and peace out to mr kaas.