Posted on 11/19/2016 6:06:39 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The father of a slain Northern California soldier said his family was booed on the flight to bring his son’s body home from Afghanistan, CBS Sacramento station KOVR-TV reports.
Sgt. John Perry was killed on Saturday in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber.
His father, Stewart Perry, mourned the loss of his son at a service on Thursday.
“Most importantly, I want people to know about the heroic thing that my son did,” he said.
His son stumbled on the suicide bomber before he could reach his target, a soldiers’ 5K Veterans Day run.
“He would have killed possibly 100, 200, who knows?” Perry said.
Perry said his son’s death comes comes at a time military service is facing disrespect. He said his family was even booed on the flight to bring his son’s body home over a delay.
“To hear the reaction of the flight being delayed because of a Gold Star family and the first class cabin booing, that was really upsetting, and it made us cry some more,” he said.
Perry said his son’s death also underscores why the American flag is sacred for service members, not just a symbol for protest.
“It’s not for protest - it’s for the death of the people that are saving us. That’s what it’s for,” he said.
He also called out recent presidential campaign rhetoric, including President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks about the Khan family.
“One example would be Donald Trump speaking badly about a Gold Star family, who I now am, and it really bothers me, but it also bothers me that people don’t want to talk about the terrorism that killed my kid,” he said.
A soldier’s death defending his country has left a father defending his son.
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If CBS said that it was daytime, I’d look outside the window.
All Trump said was, “Why didn’t the wife speak?” (at the Philadelphia dem convention).
You nailed the Khans (cons).
Wait - did he spew crap vs trump,while on the Aircraft? Was he pulling another khan job?
Is that what got booed???
The story is just not believable on its face
We are not getting the real story here
Agreed, but none where the family member was using their son’s corpse as a political soapbox.
Black female army captain,
Are you a troll? Many of your posts are suspicious to me. Reminds me of my own work on DU. If not, knock it off.
Black Female Doctor
This article is from CBS, which although lib, it’s far from suspicious.
LOTS of details missing. (Even for CBS!)
Everything that is old is new again, circa 1970s
Yeah asking for the facts is so trolling
BOOOO
This report did not make sense to me, so I started wondering if the first class passengers thought a “gold star family” was some level of airline rewards.
But according to a Yahoo story, the flight crew called them a “special military family” so as not to reveal that remains were on board.
This makes me think the first class passengers probably assumed some big-wig military brass was holding up the whole plane, thus they felt they were being dissed.
It doesn’t make sense b/c I can’t see that scenario happening, BUT if there were a bunch of libs in first class it would absolutely make sense (to them) to protest. It’s what they do best.
I didn’t get the impression that the remains were onboard, it sounded like they were flying out to be there when the soldier’s remains arrived.
I can’t see anyone, even libs, booing if they knew they were waiting for a Gold Star family.
They either didn’t know what a Gold Star designation is, or it was never conveyed to them.
I have seen this posted a bunch of time snow, and there is something that doesn’t add up. We aren’t hearing the whole story.
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