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On Dec 4, 9:46 pm, Toni Obodzinski <obodzin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *This** is little-known story from the Pentagon on 09/11/2001:
>
> During a visit with a fellow chaplain, who happened to be assigned to
> the Pentagon, I had a chance to hear a first-hand account of an incident
> that happened right after Flight 77 hit the Pentagon. The chaplain told me
> what happened at a daycare center near where the impact occurred.
>
> This daycare had many children, including infants who were in heavy
> cribs. The daycare supervisor, looking at all the children they needed to
> evacuate, was in a panic over what they could do. There were many children,
> mostly toddlers, as well as the infants that would need to be taken out with
> the cribs. There was no time to try to bundle them into carriers and
> strollers. *
>
> *Just then a young Marine came running into the center and asked what
> they needed. After hearing what the center director was trying to do, he ran
> back out into the hallway and disappeared. The director thought, 'Well,
> there we *
> *are - on our own.'**
>
> About 2 minutes later, that Marine returned with 40 other Marines in
> tow. Each of them grabbed a crib with a child, and the rest started
> gathering up toddlers. The director and her staff then helped them take all
> the children out of the center and down toward the park near the Potomac
> and the Pentagon. Once they got about 3/4 of a mile outside the building,
> the Marines stopped in the park, and then did a fabulous thing - they formed
> a circle with the cribs, which were quite sturdy and heavy, like the
> covered wagons in the Old West. Inside this circle of cribs, they put
> the toddlers, to *
> *keep them from wandering off. Outside this circle were the 40 Marines,
> forming a perimeter around the children and waiting for instructions. There
> they remained until the parents could be notified and come get their
> children.**
>
> The chaplain then said, "I don't think any of us saw nor heard of
> this on any of the news stories of the day. It was an incredible story of
> our men there. *
> *There wasn't a dry eye in the room. The thought of those Marines and
> what they did and how fast they reacted; could we expect any less from them?
> *
> *It was one of the most touching stories from the Pentagon.**
>
> Remember Ronald Reagan's great compliment: "Most of us wonder if
> our lives made any difference. Marines don't have that problem."
>
> God Bless the USA , our troops, and you.
>
> 2 Chronicles 7:14 says "if my people, who are called by my name,
> will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their
> wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and
> will heal their land."
>
> It's the Military, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the
> press. It's the Military, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of
> speech. It's the Military, not the
> politicians that ensures our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of
> happiness. It's the Military who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the
> flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag.
>
> If you care to offer the smallest token of recognition and appreciation
> for the military, please pass this on and pray for our men
> and women who have served and are currently serving our country and pray for
> those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. *
> *"I expect to pass through this **
> world but once; any good therefore that I can do... let me do it now ...for
> I shall not pass this way again."*
>
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