Posted on 11/29/2015 3:33:28 PM PST by SJackson
n his way to visit Israel with his family, a Los Angeles businessman came upon 400 U.S. soldiers preparing to eat their paper sack dinners during a layover in Shannon, Ireland and decided he wanted to honor them with a good warm meal.
As the regular passengers and friends were all dining at the various trendy restaurants, entrepreneur and philanthropist Shlomo Rechnitz approached the commander and told him that he wanted to treat the servicemen to the same. At first the commander said it was unnecessary, but Shlomo insisted, and the commander announced to all the soldiers that they could eat a meal at any restaurant up to $50. After the servicemen ate, the commander asked if Shlomo would share with all of them why he wanted to do this.
Rechnitz addressed the men saying,
" ...you guys risk your lives to protect me and protect my family. If I get to go out and see a whole bunch of Army soldiers and Marines, it's something that makes me proud. I'm on my way to Israel now and you guys protect them too, and I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Army private B. Murray spoke up on behalf of the thankful troops...
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Thanks to ExTexasRedhead for the article
More than words for this patriot and words fail my respect.
Very decent thing to do...
Awesome way to drop 20 grand.
kudos times A MILLION
How many beers can you get for $50?
:-)
a wealthy muslim businessman would give money to IS upon seeing these soldiers in the airpport
$50 in an Airport restaurant. Enough to buy a couple crackers and cheese.
That’s up to 20,000 bucks
Series generosity
This is how you do it, folks. Take notes, if necessary.
lobbyists like Carl Rove drop that for a dinner for 12 in DC. Better use of $20,000.
Active Duty ping.
God’s blessings and our thanks to you Mr. Shlomo Rechnitz for your kindness and generosity.
How wonderful!
I know someone who secretly pays for soldiers’ meals in restaurants of they are there when he dines.
He tips the waitress extra as she is in on the deal. She justs tells the men that someone in the restaurant has paid for their bill.
He tells me that many times when he offers to do this, the waitress comes back and tells him the management has decided to comp their meal.
Sounds like a great thing to do.
I’ve done the same thing, a few times (but not for 400!). Sometimes, the waiter/waitress comes back to my table to tell me someone else has beaten me to it.
Thank you, Mr. Rechnitz.
Good on you for doing that—it is admirable.
If someone has beat you to it, it shows there are more generous and thoughtful people than we think in the world.
so YOU’RE the guy who took a crap in the punch bowl at that last party.
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