911 It seems Like Yesterday

Listening to my dear friend Lt Joe Torrillo (retired NYFD) describe that fateful day 20 years ago when he was buried under both of the twin towers and lived I am alway touched by his message that as a nation we must always RE-UNITE. In late 2018 I began to craft an idea of how we could spread that message coast to coast through the RE_UNITED States of America Tour. In 2019 Jack Scalia and I met with the indomitable Andre Roberson and invited his Power of One Foundation to partner with Patriots Voice Foundation to bring the tour to more than 50 cities! BAMMMMMM COVID 19 and events and gatherings are shut down and our message and our voice was silenced...but only for awhile! In August of 2021 PooF and PVF partnered with Camp Pendleton to launch Re-United States Tour. With only days until the event the tragedy in Afghanestan made an even on base impossible but as they say THE SHOW MUST GO  ON!! So many of our friends from the entertainment industry lent their support and the RE-United Stes Tour was launched on 9-11-2021  20  years from the day that tore us apart.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PM0coK2H7mg&feature=youtu.be

 

 David Meadows Actor and Navy SealTony Dennison 

Actor "The Closer" and Actor Jack Scalia on set at the Hollywood Firehouse Museum

 

Jack Scalia on The USS Midway 105th Birthday of Pearl Harbor Survivor Ray Chavez

 

Covering testimony before the House and Senate

                                      Tim Conway

                      Al Jardine Beach Boys

Garth Brooks Jack Scalia Trisha Yearwood Pearl Harbor

Dr Ben Carson

Gov Ige Hawaii

                                                                                         Nancy Sinatra

Gary Sinise

Robert Irvine

Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke

                                                

                                                                      Dan Pederson Founder Top Gun

Lemons to Lemonade

 Feeding 100,000lbs and honoring veterans and service members on Memorial  Day. This Amazing event was created in two weeks and complied with all social distancing.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=7gh2sMzW6Yo 

Thought for the day:
"Life is all about how you handle PLAN B"

(thank you Sharon/Military Reunion Network)

Proud of what our friends Gary Sinise and Robert Irvine are doing this week!

https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/incredible-gary-sinise-just-flew-1000-gold-star-kids-disney-world-christmas-surviving-parents/?ff_source=Email&ff_medium=wcjemail&ff_campaign=CAN&ff_content=2018-12-11

Hard to believe it has been a month since we had our Rockin' Gala at the Los Angeles firehouse Museum...The event was a first for the Next Step Service Dogs and grossed close to $60,000. EIGHT Episodes of two different TV shows were filmed during the day and the party started at sunset and ended WITH scores of TV and movie stars under the night stars. The real heroes of the night were our Veterans and First Responders and the gratitude for NSSD and their Service Dogs.