(heartfelt music)
- I'm Lt. Col. Ryan Brader
I'm apart of the 731st Airlift Squadron
the Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
This experience was like nothing since September 11th,
absolutely amazing.
We flew these flights today to honor our first responders
and those folks on the front lines
in the battle against the COVID-19 virus.
It meant the world to us to get to participate in it
and show
the state of Colorado
that we're behind 'em 100%
and right there on the front lines with 'em.
My entire family is born and raised in Colorado
and they're first responders
and police officers up in the Denver area
and they were cheering us as we went by today as well.
The last time that we went through times like this was
somewhere around September of 2001.
And for those of us
that have spent the last couple of decades
fighting the Global War on Terrorism,
this hits close to home
because the last two months have been life altering
for each and every one of us.
Not just in this nation
but across the globe.
This impacts all of us
because we would like to take the fight back to the enemy
and in this case the enemy is COVID-19.
And today we got to do that
and support those that are on the front lines
battling that battle.
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