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As told by Gary Blied: "On Saturday, Dec. 3, I was co-pilot for American Airlines Flight 1904 flying from Chicago to Miami." ......the source to this story is found at the link to ... America Supports You (scroll down the page to see the unformatted version):

....this same write-up appears today in the Battle Creek Enquirer (MI)...

Battle Creek Enquirer (MI)

Dec 17, 2006

Gary Blied

Many quietly helped give hero final tribute

Gary Blied of Bridgman is a Battle Creek native and pilot for American Airlines. A retired U.S. Air Force major, he also is a former Battle Creek firefighter and member of the Battle Creek Air National Guard.

[allen08gop]

Here go the tear buckets again..

Every time I a little discouraged, I'll reread these stories. We have a whole lot to be thankful for.

God bless him and all who served and are now serving.

[SandRat]

Bring tissues to read this. It warms the heart and touches the soul.

[JRios1968]

Kleenex time

[Steely Tom]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[Clink]

Damn, I must have something in my eye causing it to water.

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

Very touching.

[Right_Handed_Writer]

I'm a loyal American Airlines customer. This is another reason why. And as co-pilot Blied stated, that flight was straight as can be:

Flightaware: AAL1904 on Dec 3rd

[fontman]

Eyeball sweat maximus.

Semper Fidelis,
Mark A. Schallow
MSgt, USMC (Ret.)