-This is the 2 minute statement that will be delivered during the I-10 Mobile River Bridge Public Hearing tonight- -CONCERNING THE NAMING OF THE BRIDGE- I encourage all Alabama State Lawmakers to select a name that represents the younger generation of Americans wholl build this bridge, a hero from this generation. I am here to say that Lower Alabama has such a hero, a life long resident of Mobile. This person represents all that is good about this generation of Americans... hard worker, college student, teacher, cowboy, an American patriot, an American Warrior, a man of God, and in the end a man who gave all he had for our freedom. He was a man of integrity, honor, and loyalty. On 12 November 2006, sixteen days before he was killed in action, he stood inside a dimly lit bunker located at FOB Summerall... in central Iraq... and said this about his generation: This is a time in our life that were making history, and this is our moment... we chose to come into the military knowing that we could be sent over here, but we chose that anyway... cause we choose to believe that the American flag we wear on our right shoulder stands for something thats greater than ourselves... thats greater than where were from... were the fabric that holds the flag together. When asked why he would join the military at the age of 30 he simply stated: Im tired of watching other men and women fight and die for my freedom; Ive decided to take a stand for myself. This honorable mans name is CORPORAL CHRISTOPHER EDWARD MASON he was killed in action 28 November 2006.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:59:42 +0000
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