For most of us on Saturday, November 24th, 2012 we were sitting around with our families enjoying each other's company over the Thanksgiving weekend. Your crazy uncle was slicing up leftover turkey for his sandwich and you were 60 stories deep with your Grandma telling you all about her weekly knitting class.
Do you know what Ursula Ebbert was doing that day? She was receiving news that her husband, Kevin (32), from California and a US Navy Seal who was currently serving his second tour in Afghanistan, had died from hostile fire. He had been shot in the line of duty. Her husband that she married on New Years Eve in 2011 was no longer alive. They had been married 11 months and were just starting their life together and now she was left without a husband. Why didn't he make national news?
What about on Christmas Eve? We were all finishing up last minute wrapping, watching Christmas specials on TV, and spending the day with the ones we love. Enrique Mondragon from Texas (23) was married to Katie and had a sweet 2 year old little girl, Beverly. Enrique was also killed by hostile fire. Beverly lost her daddy on Christmas Eve, why didn't he make national news?
The casket of Enrique
March 27, 2013, Michael Cable (26) from Kentucky and in the US Army was part of the 1st Brigade combat team. He was playing soccer with a group of children when the attacker came up from behind and stabbed him in the neck. Why didn't he make national news?
April 6, 2013 Deflin Santo's Jr (24) was killed in Afghanistan due to a car bomb. Why didn't he make national news?
THESE are the pictures that need to be invading the National news coverage. THESE are the pictures that people need to post on Face book, Twitter and any other social media site. THESE are the pictures that need to be all over CNN or Fox News.
Taking nothing away from any other tragedy that we face, bombings, school shootings, movie theatre massacres but in MY opinion our troops do not get enough gratitude. Something horrible happens to our nation and we rally together and pray for Boston, we pray for the children involved in the school shootings, a 'famous' celebrity dies and we hear about it on the top news story for 4 weeks. These precious men above lost their life. Lost their life for us. They had moms and dads at home awaiting their safe return. They had wives and children at home. These are just 4 men that I chose but 2,200 since 2001, of our United States soldiers have lost their life. They can't get 2 seconds of news coverage? They don't deserve a special statement from the President? It irritates and upsets me. They deserve it!
Let me be clear, I do think that the horrific events that happen to us as a Nation deserves to make news, I do. I to pray for the city, state and families affected by any tragedy. Also, with anything involving mother nature and floods, earthquakes or tornado's. All I am saying is lets not continue to report the exact same thing and show videos/pictures over and over for the affected to have to see and continue to hear about it for weeks and weeks on end. All while, no one ever hears about a solider that lost his/her life defending my/your freedom.
Enjoy your family~
