Saw this story earlier today and missed the great quote.
A US Marine sees a handicapped boy’s prosthetic break and gives him a piggy-back ride for the last mile to the finish line.
A great gesture and kind deed. As one would expect of a U.S. Marine when they aren’t blowing things up and making bad people die for their nations or beliefs.
Marine Carrying an 11-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Across a Triathlon Finish Line
…“We saw Pfc. Morgan carrying him and that’s when all the Marines lined up,” Gunnery Sgt. Wilbur Anderson told ABC. “We got into column of twos. I ran up to Ben and I said, ‘Hey, you’re going to be taken home by the Marines today.’”
Great follow up quotes at the ABC News site here.
Photo by ABC News.