This is the kind of story that really makes you wonder what is going on in America. A Gold Star family was booed on their way to collect the remains of their fallen military family member because plane passengers had to wait for a minute.
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More about the despicable act from Fox News:
The father of an Army soldier killed in Afghanistan says he and his family were booed as they flew to meet his son’s body coming home.
Sgt. John Perry, 30, was killed in a suicide attack at Bagram Airfield on Saturday, along with Pfc. Tyler Iubelt and two American contractors. Stewart Perry told KOVR-TV his son stopped the suicide bomber short of his target and may have saved hundreds of lives.
Perry told the Army Times the booing took place on an American Airlines flight that landed in Phoenix Monday. Perry and his family were flying from Sacramento to Dover Air Force Base.
The captain told everyone to remain seated to let the Perry family leave first to make their connection.
“When he made that announcement, there was some hissing and some booiing behind us,” Perry told the Army Times.
Perry, a Marine veteran, doesn’t remember the captain telling everyone the reason they had to stay seated. He recalled the captain mentioned “military personnel.”
But he said he believes the passengers knew there was a Gold Star family on board. “The woman sitting directly behind us touched me on the shoulder and asked if I was the father of the soldier killed in Afghanistan,” he told the Army Times.
This is thoroughly disgusting. That anyone would boo a family knowing they were military is truly despicable. Hopefully they weren’t so scummy that they did after knowing they were on their way to pick up their family member’s remains, but these days, I wouldn’t be surprised if it were otherwise.