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this should be shown to the brats at these colleges. Give a peek of what the Real world is like and stop only thinking of themselves and give the cotton balls a rest. and stop allowing being led around by the nose from people who could care less about them. VIDEO at the site
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By Brooke Singman
Published November 13, 2015
FoxNews.com
'Fort Hood Hug Lady'
The "hug lady" of Fort Hood, whose embrace boosted the spirits of thousands of American soldiers over nearly a decade as they shipped out for Iraq and Afghanistan, is finding her kindness repaid in spades now that she is battling cancer.
Elizabeth Laird, now 83, is beloved by all the men and women who were deployed out of the Texas military base because rain or shine, she never failed to send each one off with a hug as they left Killeen/Fort Hood Regional Airport.
“This is my way of thanking them for what they do for our country," Laird told FoxNews.com Thursday from her hospital bed in Copperas Cove, Texas, where she is being treated for breast cancer that has spread to her bones. “I wasn’t hugging in 2003. I used to just shake their hands. But one day, a soldier hugged me, and that’s the way it started.”
“It’s coming from people she’s hugged. It’s them hugging back.”
- US Army Capt. Rob Allen
Now, the soldiers who felt Laird's kindness are rallying to her side, with a GoFundMe page that has raised nearly $70,000 toward Laird's medical bills.
“I met her twice, as many soldiers from Fort Hood do,” former U.S. Army Capt. Rob Allen told Fox News. “She was there when we left, and she was there when we came back.”
ALL of it here:
Soldiers rally to side of ailing Fort Hood's 'hug lady'
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By Brooke Singman
Published November 13, 2015
FoxNews.com
'Fort Hood Hug Lady'
The "hug lady" of Fort Hood, whose embrace boosted the spirits of thousands of American soldiers over nearly a decade as they shipped out for Iraq and Afghanistan, is finding her kindness repaid in spades now that she is battling cancer.
Elizabeth Laird, now 83, is beloved by all the men and women who were deployed out of the Texas military base because rain or shine, she never failed to send each one off with a hug as they left Killeen/Fort Hood Regional Airport.
“This is my way of thanking them for what they do for our country," Laird told FoxNews.com Thursday from her hospital bed in Copperas Cove, Texas, where she is being treated for breast cancer that has spread to her bones. “I wasn’t hugging in 2003. I used to just shake their hands. But one day, a soldier hugged me, and that’s the way it started.”
“It’s coming from people she’s hugged. It’s them hugging back.”
- US Army Capt. Rob Allen
Now, the soldiers who felt Laird's kindness are rallying to her side, with a GoFundMe page that has raised nearly $70,000 toward Laird's medical bills.
“I met her twice, as many soldiers from Fort Hood do,” former U.S. Army Capt. Rob Allen told Fox News. “She was there when we left, and she was there when we came back.”
ALL of it here:
Soldiers rally to side of ailing Fort Hood's 'hug lady'
