Patriotic parade held for veterans unable to attend honor flight

Patriotic parade held for veterans unable to attend honor flight

IN OUR COMMUNITY IS FOREVERHONORED ANDRESPECTED -- REGARDLESS OF THECOVID 19 PANDEMIC.TODAY THEY GATHERED VETERANS ANDVOLUNTEERS TOHELP GIVE A FINAL GOODBYE TO TWOOF OUR BELOVED SOLDIERS.23ABCS LEZLA GOODEN JOINS USLIVE IN CENTRAL BAKERSFIELDWITH MORE ON THIS SPECIALCELEBRATION.

LEZLA?JUST A FEW HOURS AGO THISPARKING LOT WAS FULL OF AMERICANFLAGS, VERTERANS AND LOVED ONESPREPARING TOFOR A PATRIOTIC PARADE AND FINALSALUTE ..

DOZENS CAME TOGETHERTO HONOR TWO TERMINALLY ILLVETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY FORTHEIR SERVICE.

WE WERE ABLE TOSPEAK TO ONE VETERAN WHOSAYS ITS A MOMENT HE WILL NEVERFORGET.SIRENS AND PARADE COMINGDOWN.JUST FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEARTTHANK YOU SO MUCH THIS MEANS THEWORLD TO ME (NO THANK YOU FORYOURSERVICE)JON BUSH, WHO WAS DEPLOYED INOPERATION DESERT STORMWAS ONE OF THE TWO VETERANSHONORED THURSDAY.HONOR FLIGHT KERN COUNTY ANDOTHER VETERANS JOINING IN THECOMMUNITY ORGANIZING WHAT THEYCALLED A PATRIOTIC PARADEAND FINAL SALUTE.BUSH WAS GREETED WITH A SEA OFRED, WHITE BLUEOUTSIDE HIS NORTHWESTBAKERSFIELD HOME THISEVENING.MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE MADETOOK PART FOR BUSH ANDWORLD WAR II VETERAN DANIELESCALANTE.FAMILY SAYS BOTH ARE TERMINALLYILL AND BECAUSE OF THEIRHEALTHCONDITIONS -- AND THE COVID 19PANDEMIC... THEY WEREN'T ABLE TOATTEND THE TRADITIONAL HONORFLIGHT EXPERIENCE... SOINSTEAD... THE TEAM BROUGHT THEEXPERIENCE TO THEM.EVERYONE OUT JUST MEANS SO MUCHANDTHEM DOING THIS FOR ME TODAY ITJUST MEANT THE WORLD.AFTER LEAVING BUSH'S HOME -- THEPARADE WENT TO SHAFTERTO THE 'CARRINGTON OF SHAFTER'RETIREMENTHOME, WHERE ESCALANTE LIVES.HE WAS -- UNFORTUANTELY --UNABLE TO PARTICIPATEBECAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS, BUT HISFAMILY WAS THERE ON HISBEHALF.IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US I WISHMYGRANDPA COULD HAVE SEEN IT BUT IAM SO GRATEFUL FO THE KERNCOUNTY HONORFLIGHT FIR DOING THIS FOR US ANDIN HONOR FOR HIM.

ITS ABLESSING..I WISH HE COULD BE HERE TO SEETHIS BECAUSE HE WOULD BE AMAZEDTO SEEWHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY.BUTTED) I DIDN'T THINK HE WOULDBEHERE TODAY BUT HE IS HANGING INTHERE MAYBE HE KNEW THIS WASCOMING...AND BEFORE IT WAS ALL OVER --THE TWO VETERANS WEREAWARDED MEMORBALE ITEMS TOCOMMEMORATETHE DAY.FROM THE VIETNAM RED PACK WEPRESENT THIS MEDAL- FOR YOURSERVICE.WE GIVE THEM AN HONOR FLIGHTMEDALWE GIVE THEM A FLAG FROMCONGRESSMAN KEVIN MCCARTHY THATWAS FLOWNOVER THE CAPITAL BUILDING AND ACERTIFICATES STATING THAT IT WASFLOWN INTHEIR HONOR.THE NEXT SCHEDULED HONOR FLIGHTFOR KERNCOUNTY VETERANS IS SCHEDULED FORAPRIL AND MAY OFNEXT YEAR.BUT THE HONOR FLIGHTORGANIZATION SAYS THAT IF YOUKNOW ANY TERMINALLY ILL VETERANSIN THE COMMUNITY ANDWOULD LIKE TO ORGANIZE A SALUTEAND PATRIOTIC PARADEBE SURE TO CONTACT HONOR FLIGHTKERN COUNTY AT THEIREMAIL ADDRESS BELOW AT THESCREEN.WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MANWHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN ABURNING HOME EARLY MONDAYEMAIL ADDRESS BELOW AT THESCREEN.WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE MANWHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN A