“I just addressed the escort. It is a sworn oath to bring home, to the family, the fallen,” a military officer said. “Today you all did that, you are all escorts, escorts of the heart.”
John E. DiScala, known as Johnny Jet on Travel Channel, was on a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles when they learned there were soldiers onboard.
Later, the captain got on the PA system and informed passengers that they were transporting a fallen soldier.
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He explained that there was a military escort on-board and asked that everyone remain seated so the soldiers could get off first, DiScala wrote on his website.
People on the flight learned fire trucks would greet the fallen soldier with a water canon salute.
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