I call bs on the father here. I live in probably the most liberal infested area of the country, that being the NY Metropolitan area, and have never experienced inappropriate public behavior towards the military. I highly doubt there was booing as he says. Perhaps a jerk or two grumbled about the delay, but im far more apt to believe that people would encourage and even make way for him than do what he said.
“When the plane arrived in Arizona, the captain announced that everyone was to remain seated to allow the Perry family to leave first.
“When he made that announcement, there was some hissing and some booing behind us,” said Perry, who was sitting in first class.
Perry, a Marine veteran, doesn’t remember the captain telling everyone the reason they had to wait, but he said he does recall the captain mentioning “military personnel.”
“I believe that the passengers knew there was a Gold Star family on board,” he said. “The woman sitting directly behind us touched me on the shoulder and asked if I was the father of the soldier killed in Afghanistan.”
That leads Perry to believe some kind of announcement was made before he and his family sat down.
“It was very disappointing,” he said. “It’s just enough to put you over the edge.”