[Shotimes] FW: : what kind of man would do such a thing??

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From: "Pam D" <donelsonp@hotmail.com>
Date:  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:01:09 +0000

My wife forwarded this to me and felt it was worthy of mentioning .. sorry for the OT.







       What kind of man would do such a thing?

       At Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC recently the 
Sergeant Major of the Army, Jack Tilley, was with a group of people visiting the wounded soldiers. He saw a Special Forces soldier who had 
lost his right hand and suffered severe wounds of his face and side of his body.  The SMA wanted to honor him and show him respect without offending, but what can you say or do in such a situation that will encourage and uplift?  How do you shake the right hand of a soldier who has none? He decided to  act as though the hand was not missing and gripped the soldiers wrist while speaking words of comfort and encouragement to him.

      But there was another man in that group of visitors who had even brought his wife with him to visit the wounded who knew exactly what to do.  This man reverently took the soldiers stump of a hand in both of his hands, bowed at the bedside and prayed for him. When he finished the prayer he stood up, bent over the soldier and kissed him on the head and with tears flowing, told him that he loved him. What a powerful expression of love and compassion for one of our wounded heroes! 

       What kind of a man would do such a thing?
       It was the wounded man's Commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush; 
President of the United States.

   This story was told by the SMA at a Soldiers  Breakfast held at red 
Arsenal, Alabama, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson, stationed there.

       Pass it on...the press won't.