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>> SUPPORT FOR THIS SPECIAL PROGRAMMING IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY VISIONS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, SERVING MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

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>> THE JEEP HIT A MINE AND IT WAS THE END OF, YOU KNOW, HIS LIFE.

>> I HAVE GOOD DAYS AND I HAVE BAD DAYS, BUT I NEEDED TO DO THIS FOR CLOSURE.

; YOU KNOW, FIND SOME FRIENDS THAT DIDN'T COME HOME.

>> THIS IS FRANK.

>> THIS IS LOUIE AND THIS IS BILL CARDAS BONE.

ALL UNCLES, WORLD WAR II.

>> WHAT BRANCH OF THE SERVICE.

>> ALL IN THE ARMY, SO I WANT TO HONOR THEM NOT SO MUCH ME.

>> I'M SURPRISED THIS PLACE WASN'T HIT.

IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER WE FELT A SLIGHT, AND THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE FELT.

WE WERE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WHERE THE PLANE CAME IN.

>> THEY WERE ON THE PLANE THAT FLEW INTO THE PENTAGON.

THEY WERE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

I HAD SERVED ON HIS STAFF.

>> MY MESSAGE TODAY TO YOU IS TO TELL YOUR STORY, PASS YOUR STORY ON TO YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.

>> THIS IS THE STORY OF HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE, MISSION 25.

HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE FLEW ITS VERY FIRST MISSION IN 2012, 14 YEARS AND 25 ROUND TRIPS TO WASHINGTON LATER, THE MISSION IS UNWAVERING IN ITS SOLE PURPOSE: TO GIVE OUR VETERANS FROM CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW YORK, AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY, THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT THEY DESERVE, BY FLYING THEM TO OUR NATION'S CAPITOL, TO VISIT THE MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS BUILT TO HONOR THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR SACRIFICE.

EACH ONE OF THOSE MISSIONS BEGINS AND ENDS RIGHT HERE AT HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

CHANCES ARE IF YOU ARE ANYTHING LIKE ME, WHEN YOU FLY IN AND OUT OF HANCOCK AIRPORT, YOU ARE TOO BUSY TO GO BEHIND THE ESCALATORS AND TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS TIMELINE, A TIMELINE THAT CLEARLY SHOWS SYRACUSE MODERN MILITARY HISTORY DATES BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF U.S.

INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR II THE VETERANS OF THAT GREATEST GENERATION ARE THE REASON WHY HONOR FLIGHTS BEGAN TO SPRING UP AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS IN 2005.

THE MAGNIFICENT WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL HAD JUST OPENED THE YEAR BEFORE, AND WITH AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERING VETERAN POPULATION, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT SO MANY WHO SERVED US IN THAT WAR, MIGHT NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO TRAVEL ON THEIR OWN TO SEE AND SPEND TIME AT THE MEMORIAL.

FRED CARLO OF JAMESVILLE IS 100 YEARS OLD AND OF THE 85 VETERANS WHO FLEW THAT DAY, HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ DECADES AFTER FRED CAME HOME FROM WAR, VIETNAM VETERANS DID THE SAME, BUT THEY CAME HOME TO A NATION LARGELY UNWILLING TO WELCOME THEM.

HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE TRIES TO MAKE THAT RIGHT ALL THESE YEARS LATER.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> WHEN DID YOU SERVE IN THE ARMY, WHAT YEAR?

>> 66-68.

>> DID YOU GET DEPLOYED TO VIETNAM?

>> I DID.

>> WHAT DID YOU DO THERE?

>> INFANTRY.

>> WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

>> LOTS OF THINGS.

A LOT OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO FORGET.

BUT YOU CAN'T FORGET THINGS.

JUST ETCHED INTO YOUR BRAIN FOREVER, YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES IT SURFACES AND IT'S NOT A GOOD THING AND SOMETIMES I HAVE GOOD DAYS AND I HAVE BAD DAYS, YOU KNOW.

BUT I NEEDED TO DO THIS FOR CLOSE-- FOR CLOSURE, FIND SOME FRIENDS THAT DIDN'T COME HOME, YOU KNOW,.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR WELCOME HOME LIKE?

>> NOTHING.

THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTED TO GREET ME WAS MY WIFE.

EVERYBODY ELSE AVOIDED ME.

DIDN'T WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.

>> DID YOU ENLIST OR GET DRAFTED?

>> I GOT DRAFTED.

>> DID YOU?

>> YES.

>> HOW OLD WERE YOU?

>> 19.

JUST A KID.

WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER.

>> DID YOU HAVE ANY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE DURING YOUR SERVICE?

>> MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS.

MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS.

BUT WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WERE DONE WITH OUR SERVICE, EVERYBODY WENT THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS AND NEVER KEPT UP WITH WHERE THEY WENT.

60 YEARS.

SO FINALLY COMING TO A HEAD.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHARE?

>> NO?

NOT REALLY.

I COULD, BUT I WOULD RATHER NOT.

YOU BELIEVE?

>> SURE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

WELCOME HOME.

>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT, TOO.

>> ARMY.

>> WHEN?

>> 1968.

TO 1973.

>> WERE YOU DEPLOYED?

>> NO.

NO, NEVER DEPLOYED.

>> WHERE DID YOU SERVE?

>> SYRACUSE.

OH YEAH, WE WENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, YES.

>> WHAT DID DO YOU?

>> I WAS IN THE MEDICAL PARTY.

I WAS A MEDIC.

I WANT TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH MY UNCLES.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHO THOSE ARE.

>> FRANK.

THIS IS LOUIS LEON AND THIS IS BILL CARDAS BONE.

>> ALL YOUR UNCLES?

>> WORLD WAR II.

>> WHAT BRANCH OF THE SERVICE.

>> ALL IN THE ARMY AND JACK CARBONE, ALL IN THE ARMY.

SO I WANT TO HONOR THEM NOT SO MUCH ME.

I THINK ABOUT BEING IN THE SERVICE EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE.

EVERY DAY.

THERE ISN'T A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT MY SCHOOLING, THE PEOPLE I SERVED WITH AND THE PEOPLE WE LOST EVERY DAY.

IT NEVER GOES AWAY, EVER.

TO BE HERE IS A THRILL AND HONOR AND I WANT TO THANK THIS YOUNG LADY FOR EVEN THINKING THAT IT COULD HAPPEN.

SHE MADE IT HAPPEN.

SO I'M GRATEFUL.

>> JOHN, I NOTICED YOU HAD AN ETCHING OF THE NAMES.

IS THAT SOMEBODY YOU KNEW?

>> YEAH, BACK IN THE DAY.

>> WHO WAS THAT.

>> HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL TWO YEARS BEFORE HE, SO HE WENT OVER FIRST AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, FROM HIS BROTHER, HIS JEEP HIT A MINE AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE END OF HIS LIFE.

>> WHAT WAS HIS NAME.

>> WILLIAM BRADLEY.

>> AND WHEN DID YOU SERVE?

>> I SERVED OVER THERE IN '68 TO '70.

>> IN THE KNAVE AGREE YES.

>> WHAT DID DO YOU?

I WAS A COOK, BUT I WAS STATIONED WITH THE PVR BASE IN THE NAVY.

AND ONCE IN A WHILE WOULD I GO OUT ON PATROLS ON MY DAY OFF.

>> JUST FOR FUN?

>> JUST FOR FUN.

AND I DID SOME MEDICAL WORK WHERE WE TOOK OUR DOCTORS AND WE ENT UP LITTLE CANALS TO VILLAGES AND GAVE THEM ALL THE MEDICAL THAT WE COULD.

AND THEN THAT NIGHT, THE ENEMY COME IN AND TAKE ALL THE MEDICINE.

>> AND SO YOU WERE DRAFTED OR DID YOU ENLIST?

>> I ENLISTED P.

>> REALLY?

>> YES.

>> IN 168.

>> '67 I ENLISTED.

I SPENT A YEAR IN ALASKA.

I WENT COLD AND THEN I WENT HOT.

>> WHY DID YOU ENLIST?

>> BETTER THAN TO GET DRAFTED.

I CHOSE WHERE I WANTED TO GO.

AND I HAVE NO REGRETS FOR IT.

>> DID YOU HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE SERVICE?

>> YES, I DID, YES.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> NOW IN JOHN'S STORY YOU SAW A NICE PICTURE OF HIS FAMILY WITH HIM ON MISSION DAY.

THEY CAME TO SURPRISE HIM THAT DAY.

HE DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE COMING.

YOU SAW A SHOT OF HIS NAME ON THIS WALL HERE IN SYRACUSE.

HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE SERVES 10 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW YORK AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY, TOO.

BUT HERE IN SYRACUSE, AT THE ONONDAGA COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL, THE NAMES OF ALL ONONDAGA COUNTY VETERANS ARE INSCRIBED ON THIS WALL.

>> AMERICA'S FIRST WAR OF THE 21st CENTURY CAME TO US OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SEPTEMBER MORNING SKY.

MISSION 25 WAS AT THE PENTAGON JUST EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, ED WAS IN THE BUILDING THAT MORNING WHEN THE HIJACK PLANE STRUCK KILLING 184 PEOPLE.

>> ALL OF A SUDDEN NEWS FLASH AND ACROSS I THINK FOUR OR FIVE OF THE MONITORS, THE PLANE GOING IN IN NEW YORK.

AND AND I CAN'T THINK OF MARK'S LAST NAME, HE WAS A MAJOR AT THE TIME.

THIS IS, HE SAID I'M SURPRISED THIS PLACE WASN'T HIT.

AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, WE FELT A SLIGHT-- AND IT WAS A MOVEMENT.

THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE FELT.

WE WERE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WHERE THE PLANE CAME IN.

I HAD MY CAMERA WITH ME.

AND I ACTUALLY TEAMED UP WITH AN FBI AGENT AND HE SAW THE CAMERA AND SAID WE NEED PEOPLE RIGHT NOW TO START TAKING PHOTOS, EVIDENCE PHOTOS.

THE INITIAL FEELING FOR ME WAS THIS IS NOT REAL.

IT'S NOT REAL.

AND THEN YOU GO INTO BASICALLY A TRAINING MODE, OKAY, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHAT IS GOING ON AND OF COURSE, KNOCK ON WOOD, IF YOU WILL, I HAD SOMETHING TO DO THAT HAD INPUT INTO WHAT WAS GOING ON SO YOU FOCUSED, OR AT LEAST I FOCUSED THE WAY WE HAD BEEN TRAINED, TO FOCUS IN ON THAT.

>> YOU WERE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS.

>> YES.

MOST DAMAGE I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED WERE IN THE NAVY COM CENTER AND I HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT I KNEW PERSONALLY FROM THERE.

AND AGAIN, YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE IN A MOVIE.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I COULD EXPLAIN IT.

THE FOCUS WAS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING BACK THERE 25 YEARS LATER WITH HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE?

>> FOR ME PERSONALLY, AGAIN, IT WAS CLOSURE FOR THE TWO THAT, THE TWO NAVY PEOPLE THAT I KNEW.

I COULD IDENTIFY A PERSON, A LIVING HUMAN BEING WAS IN THE SECTION OF THE PENTAGON THAT WAS DEVASTATED AND FOR ME, I'LL USE THE WORD CLOSURE, OKAY.

JUST, YEAH, CLOSURE.

LIKE ED MAGDZIAK, JOHN PADDOCK LOST TWO FRIENDS TO THE PENTAGON REAR ADMIRAL BUD FLAG AND WIFE DARLENE.

THEY WERE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

THEY WERE ON THE PLANE THAT FLEW INTO THE PENTAGON.

I SERVED ON HIS STAFF.

WE LOST A WONDERFUL PERSON AND IT WAS A SHAME FOR SOMEBODY LIKE HIM WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME AS WELL, AND THEY WERE FINALLY GETTING TO ENJOY LIFE AND THEY GO INTO A FAMILY REUNION OUT IN CALIFORNIA WHERE HE GREW UP AND THEY HAD THEY WERE FINALLY ENJOYING THE FRUITS OF THEIR TWO CAREERS, ONE AS AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOT AND ANOTHER ONE FLIGHT OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

>> BUD AND DARLENE FLAG ARE BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WHERE EVERY HONOR FLIGHT MAKES A SOLEMN VISIT TO WITNESS THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD.

FROM MISSION 25 THOUGH THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.

JOHN PADDOCK AND ED MAGDZIAK, THEY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PARTICIPATING IN THE FORMAL WREATH LAYING AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS ARTICLING TORN, WHERE THE COST OF WAR IS ON PERMANENT DISPLAY.

>> I GREW UP IN AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE VIRTUALLY EVERY ADULT MALE HAD SERVED IN WORLD WAR II.

AND WORLD WAR II, ESPECIALLY LATER ON IN KOREA, I MEAN IT WAS THE NATURE OF OUR NATURE BACK THEN.

IN MY OWN CASE, MY PARENTS WERE ABSOLUTELY VERY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO ME GOING INTO THE MILITARY BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN FAMILY TRAGEDIES OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN YEARS PAST.

>> PEOPLE THEY LOST.

>> BROTHERS.

>> WORLD WAR II.

>> YEAH THAT WAS A GENERATION THAT WAS NOT TREATING THIS CAVALIERLY AT ALL.

THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

>> IT'S THE COURAGE TO FACE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN THAT MAKES HEROES OUT OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN.

THEY TOOK THE OATH, THEY WORE THE UNIFORM, THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY.

HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE IS PROUD TO GIVE THESE VETERANS THE RESPECT, THE GRATITUDE, THE WELCOME HOME THEY DESERVE.

♪ ♪ >> OUTSTANDING.

>> IT WAS NEVER LIKE THIS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MY FELLOW VETERANS, WE HAD A GREAT DAY TODAY, DIDN'T WE?

I STAND HERE IN AWE OF YOU AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

IT WAS VERY MOVING FOR ME TO WATCH YOU PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR FALLEN CAM RADS AND REFLECT ON YOUR SERVICE TO THIS GREAT NATION.

OUR FREEDOM AND SECURITY IS ETCHED IN THE STONES OF THE MEMORIALS THAT WE VISITED TODAY, HONORING THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ANSWERED THE CALL WITH THEIR LIVES.

MY MESSAGE TODAY TO YOU IS TO TELL YOUR STORY, PASS YOUR STORY ON TO YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, YOUR FRIENDS, SO THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE ROLE THAT YOU PLAYED IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY THIS, AND THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE AND DEMOCRACY.

SO, NOW I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO MENTION A FEW OF THE VETERANS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.

NOW OUR WORLD WAR II VETERAN FRED CARLO HAS BEEN MENTIONED.

HE WAS AWESOME TODAY WHEN WE DID OUR PICTURE.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE DID OUR PICTURE IN THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL AND HE STOOD RIGHT UP IN THE MIDDLE.

HE WASN'T GOING TO BE IN THE WHEELCHAIR.

HE SAID I DIDN'T GET TO BE 100 SITTING DOWN.

FROM JAMESVILLE, PETTY OFFICER IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AND SERVED ABOARD THE USS RAULINS.

NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW OF OUR VIETNAM VETS.

DOUG APPLEMAN WHO RECEIVED SECOND DEGREE TURNS IN A PIT FIRE, MARINE BOB CULL LEAN WHO SERVED AS A FORWARD OBSERVER AND RECEIVED BOULEVARD PROMOTION TO SERGEANT.

AND JIM REMEMBERS COMING UNDER MORTAR FIRE ON HIS FIRST DAY IN COUNTRY.

HILL HARRINGTON SERVED WITH THE 199th LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE AND AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR.

DAVE KINGWATER WHO I TALKED TO TODAY WAS AWARDED PURPLE HEART.

JOHN LICOLELLI WHO I TALKED TO TODAY WAS AN 4-4 CREW CHIEF AND EXPERIENCED ONE OF HIS F-4S NOT RETURNING FROM A MISSION.

JAMES LUCKY LOOM IS, WAS AWARDED TWO PURPLE HEARTS.

HOORAH.

SEMPER FI.

BRIAN PHELPS LOST THREE BUDDIES DURING HIS TOUR, RICK WAS DRIVING I HAD VEHICLE THAT WAS OVERTURNED DURING AN AM AMBUSH.

PILOT RON EARNED 10 AIR MEDALS FLYING OFF A CARRIER.

MARINE THOMAS WAS HIT WITH VIERK KONK ROCKET FIRE AND TIM EARNED TWO BRONZE STARS, SHOT DOWN THREE TIMES.

EACH TIME HE SAID WAS A SOFT LAFNEDDING.

THOSE ARE A FEW OF OUR VETERANS HERE TODAY.

I COULDN'T TELL EVERYONE'S STORY.

I'M SORRY WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME BUT THOSE ARE MEMORABLE STORIES ABOUT THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR STORIES AND PRESERVE YOUR LEGACY AND REMIND OUR FELLOW MESHES WHAT-- AMERICANS WHAT FORAGES THE-- WHAT FORGES THE BACKGROUND OF THIS GREAT NATION.

YOUR STORIES ARE WHAT MAKE US PROUD.

THANK YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT PRIDE IS SHARED BY THE RETIRED NAVY REAR ADMIRAL WHO CO-FOUNDED HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE.

>> ONE OF THE BETTER THINGS I'VE DONE IN LIFE, I WOULD SAY, AS I SAID BEFORE, I COULD NEVER HAVE ENVISIONED WHAT IT BECAME AND HOW-- AND ALSO THE INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE POURING OUT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, CENTRAL NEW YORK COUNTY, THE 10 COUNTIES WE COVER IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM.

THAT HAS BEEN TRULY AMAZING.

WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE WELCOME HOME, COMING BACK FROM OUR WASHINGTON TRIP IS TRULY AN EXPRESSION OF THE LOCALS, THE FOLKS AND WHAT ALL THEY CAN DO TO HONOR THEIR VETERANS.

AND I'M PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO BE PART OF THE 25th FLIGHT.

>> ON MISSION 25, AND EVERY MISSION, HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE REMEMBERS VETERANS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY.

WE CALL IT FLAGS OF OUR HEROES, A FLAG AND A PICTURE OF THE DECEASED VETERAN IS DISPLAYED AND THEN IN A SOLEMN CEREMONY BACK HOME, A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO THE FAMILIES.

>> HOW WAS YOUR DAY TODAY?

>> EXCELLENT.

I HAD A FANTASTIC TIME.

IT WAS ALL UNBELIEVABLE.

>> WHAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE?

>> ALL THE MONUMENTS AND ALL THE BUILDINGS.

I HAD A BALL.

>> SO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND OTHER VETERANS DO THIS?

>> I HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT.

YES.

YES INDEED.

I TELL ALL MY VETERAN FRIENDS ABOUT IT.

YES.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAYED?

>> I HAD A GREAT DAY.

>> WHAT WAS GOOD ABOUT IT?

>> EVERYTHING.

ALL OF THE MEMORIALS WE SAW, THE STAFF, THE BUS LEADER WHO GAVE US INFORMATION BEFORE WE GOT TO EACH STOP.

IT WAS JUST A REALLY NICE DAY.

>> HOW WAS YOUR DAY TODAY?

>> IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS GREAT.

GREAT TO COME HOME.

COULDN'T BE ANY BETTER.

>> WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?

>> JUST EVERYBODY.

IT'S JUST... IT'S GREAT TO BE HOME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.

>> WHEN YOU SAY HOME, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> I MEAN EVERYBODY JUST APPRECIATES THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR?

>> WHERE DID YOU SERVE?

>> IN THE SOUTH VIETNAM.

>> WHEN?

>> 66 AND 67.

IT WASN'T THE SAME HOME COMING WHEN I CAME BACK.

IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT.

IT WAS NON-EXISTENT.

THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

MY WIFE WAS THERE, MY DAD.

BUT THIS IS JUST LIKE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO GOOD, DIFFERENT.

GREAT EXPERIENCE.

COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER.