I rec'd the below as an email today from a person living on the west side of the state of Washington, who appears to be forwarding on another message. Don't know if the original story is true or not about another patriotic person, none other than the actor Denzel Washington.
This is very interesting. At Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC), there's Fisher House and a lot of the troops from Iraq are being treated at MAMC.
In a message dated 3/11/2005 6:26:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, dobol21@hotmail.com writes:
Subject: Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC (Brook Army Medical Center, in San Antonio,Texas) the other day.
This is where soldiers that have been evac'd from Germany come to be hospitalized in the States, especially burn victims.
They have buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher House is a hotel that soldiers' families can stay at, for little or no charge, while their soldier is staying in the hospital. BAMC has quite a few of these houses on base, but as you can imagine, they are almost filled to the brim
>most of the time. While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how much one of them would cost to build. He got his check book out and wrote a check out for the full amount right there on the spot. The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear this story and want to get the word out to the American public, because it warmed their hearts to hear it. I hope you will spread this story.
He has a son in the Marines, in Iraq.
I hope this is true. Where can we get verification?