Daily Archives: 7/9/2007
Along the Highway of Heroes
| 7/9/2007 | Posted by Patti under Brave Canadians, Canadian News |
Last night, hundreds if not thousands of Canadians from Trenton to Toronto along Highway 401 put aside any differences they might have about Canada’s mission in Afghanistan to turn out in honour of our fallen heroes. Every young Canadian who has returned home in a casket since the mission started in 2002 has taken this same route, landing at CFB Trenton to be received by their family and their comrades in arms and then taken by motorcade with their family to Toronto.
Speeding along Highway 401 with police escort front and back, the motorcade passes under highway overpasses lined with citizens, police, EMS workers and firefighters. It’s a message to the families, Canada cares. It’s not soothing words spoken by politicians on hand to meet the planes. It’s an outpouring from grateful citizens who want to reach out to the families to say they care. (more…)
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