About 300 men and women watch it every day. And they all see this guy's photo. |
Driving to Louisiana, we couldn't get there fast enough. Coming back, the adrenaline was gone. |
During the last few months, we have had referrals from the troops. As they are getting ready to ship home, they let us know about their replacements and ask us to send them boxes too. |
It costs $55 to $60 to ship each box. |
Not at all, not in a heartbeat. But to do something like this required the help of all those good people in Payson ... they are the ones who really deserve the thanks. |
The clothes can't have any brand names like Nike or Coke, nothing with the U.S. flag or stars and stripes, nothing with anything Christian. |
The family had lost their home, everything in the flooding in southern New Orleans where they (once) lived. |
We couldn't stop it if we wanted to. |
We had just about everything people who had lost their home and personal possessions would need. And it all came from the people in Payson; they are the real heroes in all this, not us. |
We had so many people, it looked like red ants on a hill. We fully loaded 24-foot Budget and 26-foot U-Haul trucks. |
We just drove from Payson to Louisiana, and that's nothing new -- it's what we do for a living. |
We knew what we, and the people (of Payson), were doing was the right thing. |
We're trying to get them what they need. |
When I got there, he opened the back of his vehicle and it was just packed, |