Amazing pictures have emerged of police honoring a Vietnam casualty as his remains returned home.
New York Times Washington bureau chief Carolyn Ryan tweeted five moving pictures Tuesday from National airport showing police standing guard as the veteran’s flag draped casket arrived back on U.S soil.
“Amazing scene at Nat’l Airport this a.m. as the military returned remains of a US solider killed in Vietnam.,” she wrote.
She said that everyone in the terminal watched as the man’s family awaited his casket.
Police from far and wide, including a British “Bobbie” stood guard around the family while they waited.
A fitting tribute to a generation of soldiers who were never thanked enough.
1/5 Amazing scene at Nat’l Airport this a.m. as the military returned remains of a US solider killed in Vietnam. pic.twitter.com/77CnWeGDC5
— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015
2/5 Everyone in the terminal stopped to watch out the window as the family gathered to await his flag-draped casket. pic.twitter.com/0FLYjcdH6x
— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015
3/5 Then an incredible thing happened. Police from all over were at the airport for a big DC meeting. pic.twitter.com/8El272j7Jm
— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015
4/5 Police from all over, even a British “Bobbie” pic.twitter.com/AT7X3EvJrn
— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015
5/5 They decided to line up and stand guard alongside the family of the soldier. pic.twitter.com/UhkeJxrCGo
— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015
@Dom_Morabito @carolynryan it’s been a long time coming. I’ve got big lumps in my throat.
— PartTime_PoPo (@PartTimePoPo) May 12, 2015
@carolynryan @OKnox Okay, just got major chills…
— Carla Bond (@carlabond) May 12, 2015
@Dom_Morabito @carolynryan it’s been a long time coming. I’ve got big lumps in my throat.
— PartTime_PoPo (@PartTimePoPo) May 12, 2015
@nprscottsimon @carolynryan serendipitous experiences are the best, thx for sharin one of yours
— Huck Finn (@ohiospud) May 12, 2015
@carolynryan not that it’s the important part of the story, but all the cops are in DC for #NationalPoliceWeek
— Mike Coyle (@bigmikecoyle) May 12, 2015
@carolynryan And now I have tears running down my face. Respect. THANK YOU so much for sharing this with us all.
— Life by the Creek (@lifebythecreek) May 13, 2015
Got goose bumps. Thank you, soldier, for your service. Welcome home. Thank you, police for honoring.@carolynryan
— Carole Gilman (@CaroleGilman) May 13, 2015
@carolynryan “Faith in humanity restored.” Great story. Sometimes you just have to let life happen. “Life is the world.” Cheers!
— Mark Hanson (@MHanson62) May 13, 2015
@ajchavar @carolynryan Yup, they’re here from all over the world for National police week
— JustCallMeSassy (@ImStillSassy) May 12, 2015
@carolynryan I was there. They played the bagpipes.
— Sarajane Winchester (@swinches1) May 13, 2015
@carolynryan @EastTennVOL Glad this solider is finally home. Thank you!!
— X349 (@Townsendvol) May 13, 2015
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