A Tribute for a Hero

Tomorrow, the city of Jacksonville will be paying tribute that has been waiting 18 years. Captain Scott Speicher was shot down the first night of the Gulf War and no one in the United States government or US military was quite sure what happened to him - if he was dead or alive. So for the past 18 years the military and the government have been looking for him and been changing his classification from Killed in Action to Missing in Action to Prisioner of War - everything. 11 days ago with help from some Iraqi people they found the remains of Scott and this afternoon he returned to Jacksonville soil. Tomorrow, they are going to be taking him around to the places that meant a lot to him - his church where he taught Sunday School, his high school where he graduated, the base where he served and his final resting place. They will also be going to our veterans memorial wall. His high school is also the high school that my mom, aunts, uncles, me and my sister graduated from. The base where he served is the base where my uncle served. His final resting place is a beautiful resting place home to many and home to a dear friend of my family.

Please keep his family in your prayers as the day that they have waited for is finally here.