Stranger returns hope with discarded Army uniform
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2021
- A woman set out to find the owner of Army uniforms that had been discarded in a dumpster. She ended up giving a family the gift they needed most -- hope. Steve Hartman shares more in "On the Road."
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I'm a veteran, former prison guard and now a truck driver. I don't often feel very emotional. Steve Hartman's stories draw emotions from me that I often forget are still within me. Thank you sir for being one of the best journalists in this earth's history. Thank you to this tender hearted and generous woman for this beautiful act of kindness and healing. God bless you all.
Me too sir,,,God bless you and Steve H.
Thnk u too❤️
Jeffrey, thank you for your service then & now. This hit me hard too. My son's first week at his first duty station, they found out two of their members committed suicide. There's just not enough care in the world it seems, that's why I come to Steve's stories. To feel those emotions that are often forgotten. I'm not religious by any means, but I pray for you - and all of those that serve 🙏
It's always darkest just before the dawn. Thank you for your service and continued service. I hope to see you on the road.
Thank you for your service!
If your diagnosed with PTSD please reach out ... That your not alone especially veterans
Steve Hartman is the poster man for what journalism truly is. Thanks for the stories Steve!
I'm over in Scotland, and periodically look up Steve just to regain some positivity and hope....usually with lots of happy tears too!
So the company repossessed a guy’s car, finds a full army uniform, and just dumped it into the trash. Ok, that’s a little heartless…
We need to find out who, and invite them to a dumpster fire with their business discarded in it
@@johnhurtme 💯
Free market capitalism. The Amerika way.
As a fellow Army soldier i was in the 101 air-born division i thought about to the same but my fellow soldier saved me. A salute goes to you.
Thank you for your service. If you're ever in a dark place just know that there's someone who appreciates the freedom you provided.
I watched this segment and wept for the soldier involved, then I cried for the thousands of broken men and women who have served our country for the military industrial complex. I go out of my way to hire veterans because of this and have seen how these wars have broken good people.
GOD bless you
Acts of kindness never go out of style. I update this comment as of April 19th 2022. It is 4 days after my retired soldiers funeral. Thankfully he didn’t suffer from PTSD. Brain cancer took his life. But I extend my deepest thanks to this woman for her persistence. I would want anything of my husband’s returned to me as well. I’m so sorry for this family’s loss. I’m assuming for whatever reason this young soldier was unable to get help which is why more and more we must support groups that help these soldiers in any way we can.
I was there after i came back from my tour in korea. Crumbling marriage, car taken, rock bottom. My ex threw out my uniforms in the trash. This hit home, and shows the hidden struggles of being a veteran.
@@logant7985 Thank you.
@@felixtwowolvesrivera my dad served in Korea also.Thank you for your service and God bless
@@peacemaker-du4hz Thank you.
Thank you for your service from the bottom of my heart
@@deancawley506 Thank you.
Hope u find peace kid.
One act of kindness ripples infinitely. 🕊
Please help the vets
Everyone commenting here. From every background imaginable. Veterans and non-Veterans. Those who have experienced trauma and those who trauma has yet to visit. What an amazing thing that this beautiful act of kindness, something we desperately need more of, has brought us here together. I watched this story this past Sunday, and like many, many others wept because it touched something deep inside. A connection to bravery, kindness, determination, and heartbreak. Let us never forget the bonds we all share. Our humanity. Our capacity for compassion.
Thank you once again Mr. Hartman. Thank you Donna, you are an angel. God Bless You Mckenzie Family. We grieve with you. We pray for you.
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So sad !
no more wars
God Bless this wonderful lady and this family she helped to heal. Thank you...😇.
Steve's "On the Road" series is one of the few positives of mainstream media today. Seeing people like Donna who has God's love in her heart is one of many that have been profiled for a number of years now. It's so sad that Sgt McKenzie took his own life. He had much to live for.
My brother did three tours in Vietnam during the war from 1967 to 1970 and has PTSD. The things he saw and had to do to survive pretty much tell why.
Bless her heart ♥️
What a touching act of kindness ❤️.
It's the onions... I swear.
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Another kindness from a stranger who cares what service is all about. I’m a veteran and suffering from PTSD. There’s help out there thru the VA which I did go through for two different sessions.
Asking GOD’S blessings and guidance for you!
DA-VETERAN you're in my prayers and you have my gratitude. I pray that somehow when your journey gets harder that you remember all of us who are pulling, praying for you to persevere.. Thank you, truly Thank you! 💙
How disrespectful of the repo guys that repossessed the car and disposed off the uniforms in a dumpster instead of returning them to the family. Shame on them!
Beautiful
Poor man. We love you! Let us love his kids
PTSD is a horrible thief that steals all your joy and happiness.
Steve Hartman... I don't know where you find these stories but I thank God for you..just when I feel the World is doomed you show up with a new story to show me there is always hope!!
To the McKenzie family God Bless you and keep you.
Donna Parker... what a beautiful heart you have, thank you for all your efforts. ❤
Great story...amazing woman who kept and dellivered the uniform!!! Its so unbelievable that uniform was discarded in trash!! Total disrespect to the officer and what uniform stands for!!
Rest in Peace Sgt Mckenzie, I am so sorry that we failed you in your time of need. god Bless his family.
PTSD, the most destructive PRODUCT of WAR.......❤😢
Outstanding 💖
I'm not crying.. you're crying 😭
Me to
Gone, not forgotten. 🪖🕯💯😓
Wow that was very touching. There still are great people in this world. Here’s my message to all. The world is full of great people. If you can’t find one, be one.
WOW !! I mean, C'mon.....This woman Donna who found and returned the uniform is an angel 😇😇😇😇😇😇.
No Words...
Just Very Much Respect...
Chuck in Michigan
U.S. Navy Retired
What a beautiful person ,on her own time
Outstanding.
It’s been a long time since I’ve cried.
God bless you Mr. Hartman. ❤🇺🇸🙏🏼
Good job Donna!!! I hope the children can heal better now.
What a wonderful person 🇺🇸
Donna Parker - a hero and not in the battle field but in life. I am sure this young man could not have been more thankful to you for what you did! God bless you!
The store just brought tears to my eyes
😞 oh wow this one got to me, what a wonderful thing for her to do, may he rest in peace, 🙏 god bless all American service personnel 🖤
My son's godfather served in Vietnam. I have the uniform he came home in. When he separated, he left his dress uniform. What I have, he wore his last 4 months of service. Dennis left all his medals behind.
A beautiful story of relentless selflessness to honor someone else. Well done, Donna! But don't let this wonderful deed overshadow the reality that a huge number of people are destroyed by the military. Hope we'll find a better way some day.
👌 awesome
This is real journalism
Amazing heartfelt Semper Fi
Wow! What a heroic act!
To Ms. Parker and everyone who grieves Brother MacKenzie, please accept a sincere and respectful tip of the Stetson from an old cavalry corporal.
More than ever before.
I hope the company that repossessed the car goes out of business
Treasure- sometimes. 🌿🇺🇸🌿
Oh wow!!!! I deeply honored for the share and likes. God blessed me with a huge mission. He also blessed me with a family I needed❤️
What you did, was outstanding, out of love.
😭😭😭😭 I'm not crying bro, you are
What wonderful thing to do😊!!!! And for just, the right day!! Making oneself, do such a honorable feat, not only makes one feel purposeful, but puts 'purpose' back into humanity❤🕊! Just one small gesture, will solemnly, make a memory, that will last a lifetime😔!! If everyone was as Donna, 'life' WOULD BE, WORTH LIVING!!
…………I can't wish for God to bless her, for He 'already', has😇!!!
My father was a Korea and Vietnam vet. And the most violent P.O.S. He never spoke of his service to our country. The only this he talked about was how badly he was treated when he came back home. Many years later I applied to get his service records though National Personnel Record Center. It took 10 years to get the records. Many parts of his files were redacted. It was rather shocking. He was a true military hero. He had many metal and service badges. He was a Tank commander in Occupied Germany. He was an sharp shooter a military weapons expect ect. Then I read his files and found out he was a P.O.W. in Vietnam in 1968.. I have no idea why he was in Vietnam at at that time. But at least I can tell his great grand son his great grandfather was a war hero.
Touch my heart
Hope? For what, exactly? Closure: yes...
So sad. A lot of the good brave men and women join the military, get good benefits, travel, and help to defend this country...but that price may well cost them their mental state of mind.
I’m in tears
Shame on the people who threw an American soldiers uniform away
Sgt McKenzie, you served your nation with valor and it failed you when you needed them. you can rest easy knowing your uniform and ribbons are home.
to the uncaring individuals that would just callously throw away a symbol of honor like that, disgraceful, much karma back to you.
Asking GOD’S comfort for all involved!
Sadly beautiful
I love seeing you in boots Nora!
Finally something good happening in Tx...
What an amazing woman...RIP MCKENZIE
RIP Keith
I'm a macho man and I'm really tired of Steve Hartman making me cry.
No true American would ever throw away a uniform of a service member
Hopefully his son won't have the same dark thoughts and moves forward.
Damn Ninja Turtles...throwing onions to my eyes...again!
I Think That man is in heaven, now.
I’m crying I’m unstable lol
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This is reality . . . 💯
Thank you for watching!
If this is the PTSD members of the military face after coming back from fighting battles they know little of and have little control over, how much more those innocent civilians in those countries where they fight, who lose limbs, loved ones and livelihoods daily? We should humanize them as much and get their stories as well, that way the appetite for war and the urge to support wars our governments propose will reduce significantly.
Many in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria were forced to quit jobs as doctors, pilots and teachers, and leave behind their homes, shopping malls and ancestral lands to become homeless yet unwanted and treated like trash in foreign lands just because of the choices of their leaders. Sad sad world out there😥
Good for him. Payback for all the people he killed in Afaghan.
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Get em a dog it's more loyal✌🙏
So she went dumpster diving to find the uniform ?
No…. They were thrown away in a huge walk in dumpster where I used to work. They uniforms sat in storage after his car came in as a repo for years before I found them.
@@donnaparker8989 Nevertheless a very kind act to get this uniform to this family for memory.
I'm a veteran, I'm good, but there's plenty more that aren't 'good' we spend so much as a country on the military but spend little to nothing taking care of our veterans! 😞
:')
MAM U R AMAZING WE THE PEOPLE THANK U FOR WHAT U DID, AND MAY U R.I.P. BROTHER