Travelers At Airport Honor Children Of Fallen Troops By Pausing For National Anthem

Dec 17, 2018 by apost team

The Holiday Season is supposed to be a joyous time of year. For those mourning the passage of a loved one, it can be a rough time.

For children of fallen military heroes, it's extremely difficult.

The good news is that there are people in the world that understand the difficulty facing these children. The Snowball Express, ran by the Gary Sinise Foundation, is one way people show their love and compassion for these families.

The Snowball Express started back in 2006. That year, a wife shared a special letter she had received after her husband had fallen in the line of duty. It was a letter only to be opened on his passing.

It was a letter filled with many messages of love as well as wishes for the future. One wish he expressed in that letter was that they would visit Disneyland.

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The Snowball Express was specifically started to give children and surviving spouses of fallen military heroes the chance to take a healing retreat.

On December 8, 2018, the Snowball Express was about to begin another journey. A flight filled with these special families was about to take off from Nashville on a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando. It was for a special retreat for grieving family members.

Before the wheels left the ground, these children and their parents received a heartwarming tribute.

This video captures a special moment that will leave you with tears in your eyes.

An announcement was made about the flight over the loud speaker. As these families lined up to get onboard, everyone in the airport stopped and sang the national anthem. Everyone in the military came into salute.

Everyone seeing this tribute to these grieving children and spouses had tears streaming down their faces. They understood the ultimate price these families had paid for our nation.

To see this at Christmas was a lesson for the season. It's a beautiful tribute to families who are struggling to get through a painful time of year. It's a recognition of their sacrifice.

If you would like to help continue the Snowball Express and all the good work it's doing to help families of fallen soldiers, give to the Gary Sinise Foundation. They have sent over 1700 gold star families to Disney while also doing so much more throughout the year.

Watch this video and see the beauty of this heart-felt recognition and honor.

What did you think of the actions of the travelers? Would you have done the same? Let us know - and feel free to pass this article along to your friends and family!