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Chris Kyle's Funeral:
May 24, 2015 08:02:18 #
This is apparently from a wife of one of the Navy Seals in attendance...
it makes interesting, disturbing, but hardly surprising reading.
Chris Kyle became the armed services number #1 sniper of all
time. Not something he was happy about, other than the fact
that in so doing, he saved a lot of American lives.
Three years ago, his wife Taya asked him to leave the SEAL
teams because he had a huge bounty on his head by Al Qaeda.
He did and wrote the book "The American Sniper." 100% of the
proceeds from the book went to two of the SEAL families who
had lost their sons in Iraq.
That was the kind of guy Chris was. He formed a company in
Dallas to train military, police, and I think firemen, how to protect
themselves in difficult situations. He also formed a foundation to
work with military people suffering from PTSD. Chris was a giver
not a taker. He, along with a friend and neighbor, Chad Littlefield,
were murdered trying to help a young man that had served six
months in Iraq and claimed to have PTSD.
Now I need to tell you about all of the blessings.
Southwest Airlines flew in any SEAL and their family from any
airport to the funeral... free of charge. The employees donated
buddy passes and one lady worked for four days without much of
a break to see that it happened. Volunteers were at both airports
in Dallas to drive them to the hotel.
The Marriott Hotel reduced their rates to $45 a night and cleared
the hotel for only SEAL's and family.
The Midlothian, TX Police Department paid the $45 a night for
each room. I would guess there were about 200 people staying at
the hotel, 100 of them were SEALs.
Two large buses were chartered (an unknown donor paid
the bill) to transport people to the different events and they also
had a few rental cars (donated).
The police and secret service were on duty 24 hours during the
stay at our hotel.
At the Kyle house, the Texas DPS parked a large motor home
in front to block the view from reporters. It remained there the
entire five days for the SEALs to meet in and so they could use the
restroom there instead of the bathroom in the house.
Taya, their two small children and both sets of parents were
staying in the home. Only a hand full of SEALs went into the home
as they had different duties and meetings were held sometimes on
a hourly basis.
It was a huge coordination of many different events and security.
Derek was assigned to be a Pall Bearer, to escort Chris' body when
it was transferred from the Midlothian Funeral Home to the Arlington
Funeral Home, and to be with Taya. A tough job. Taya seldom came
out of her bedroom. The house was full with people from the church
and other family members that would come each day to help. I spent
one morning in a bedroom with Chris' mom and the next morning with
Chad Littlefield's parents (the other man murdered with Chris). A
tough job.
George W Bush and his wife Laura , met and talked to everyone
on the Seal Team one on one. They went behind closed doors with
Taya for quite a while. They had prayer with us all. You can tell when
people were sincere and caring
Nolan Ryan sent his cooking team, a huge grill and lots of steaks,
chicken and hamburgers. They set up in the front yard and fed people
all day long including the 200 SEALs and their families.
The next day a local BBQ restaurant set up a buffet in front of
the house and fed all once again. Food was plentiful and all were
taken care of. The family's church kept those inside the house well fed.
JerryJones, the man everyone loves to hate, was a rock star. He made
sure that we all were taken care of. His wife and he were just making
sure everyone was taken care of....Class... He donated the use of
Cowboy Stadium for the services because so many wanted to attend.
The charter buses transported us to the stadium on Monday at 10:30 am.
Every car, bus, motorcycle was searched with bomb dogs and police. I
am not sure if kooks were making threats trying to make a name for
themselves or if so many SEALs in one place was a security risk, I don't
know. We willingly obliged. No purses went into the stadium!
We were taken to The Legends room high up and a large buffet was
available. That was for about 300 people. We were growing. A
Medal of Honor recipient was there, lots of secret service and
police and Sarah Palin and her husband. She looked nice, this was
a very formal military service. The service started at 1:00 pm and when
we were escorted onto the field I was shocked. We heard that about
10,000 people had come to attend also. They were seated in the
stadium seats behind us . It was a beautiful and emotional service.
The Bagpipe and drum corps were wonderful and the Texas A&M men's
choir stood through the entire service and sang right at the end. We were
all in tears.
The next day was the 200-mile procession from Midlothian, TX to
Austin for burial. It was a cold, drizzly, windy day, but the people were out.
We had dozens of police motorcycles riders, freedom riders, five
chartered buses and lots of cars . You had to have a pass to be in the
procession and still it was huge. Two helicopters circled the procession
with snipers sitting out the side door for protection.
It was the longest funeral procession ever in the state of Texas .
People were everywhere. The entire route was shut down ahead of us,
the people were lined up on the side of the road the entire way.
Firemen were down on one knee, police officers were holding their hats
over their hearts, children waving flags, veterans saluting as we went by.
Every bridge had fire trucks with large flags displayed from their tall
ladders, people all along the entire 200 miles were standing in the
cold weather. It was so heartwarming. Taya rode in the hearse with Chris'
body so Derek rode the route with us. I was so grateful to have that time
with him.
The service was at Texas National Cemetery. Very few are buried there
and you have to apply to get in . It is like people from the Civil War, Medal
of Honor winners, a few from the Alamo and all the historical people of Texas.
It was a nice service and the Freedom Riders surrounded the outside of the
entire cemetery to keep the crazy church people from Kansas that protest at
military funerals away from us.
Each SEAL put his Trident (metal SEAL badge) on the top of Chris' casket,
one at a time. A lot hit it in with one blow. Derek was the only one to take
four taps to put his in and it
was almost like he was caressing it as he did it. Another tearful moment.
After the service Governor Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, invited us to
the governor's mansion. She stood at the door, greeted each of us individually,
and gave each of the SEALs a coin of Texas. She was a sincere, compassionate,
and gracious hostess. We were able to tour the ground floor and then went into
the garden for beverages and BBQ. So many of the Seal team guys said
that after they get out they are moving to Texas. They remarked that
they had never felt so much love and hospitality. The charter buses then took
the guys to the airport to catch their returning flights. Derek just now called
and after a 20 hours flight he is back in his spot, in a dangerous land on the
other side of the world, protecting America
We just wanted to share with you, the events of a quite emotional,
but blessed week."
To this day, no one in the White House has ever acknowledged Chris
Kyle; his service, his death, his duty, his generosity, his caring, his life.
However, the President can call a sports person and congratulate him
on his bravery for announcing to the world that he is gay.
He can say on national television that someone, a man who has
committed a crime and was shot by police in the line of duty, would
have made him a good son.
The SEALS have asked that you please, keep this moving if you think
Chris Kyle would have made a good son.
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it makes interesting, disturbing, but hardly surprising reading.
Chris Kyle became the armed services number #1 sniper of all
time. Not something he was happy about, other than the fact
that in so doing, he saved a lot of American lives.
Three years ago, his wife Taya asked him to leave the SEAL
teams because he had a huge bounty on his head by Al Qaeda.
He did and wrote the book "The American Sniper." 100% of the
proceeds from the book went to two of the SEAL families who
had lost their sons in Iraq.
That was the kind of guy Chris was. He formed a company in
Dallas to train military, police, and I think firemen, how to protect
themselves in difficult situations. He also formed a foundation to
work with military people suffering from PTSD. Chris was a giver
not a taker. He, along with a friend and neighbor, Chad Littlefield,
were murdered trying to help a young man that had served six
months in Iraq and claimed to have PTSD.
Now I need to tell you about all of the blessings.
Southwest Airlines flew in any SEAL and their family from any
airport to the funeral... free of charge. The employees donated
buddy passes and one lady worked for four days without much of
a break to see that it happened. Volunteers were at both airports
in Dallas to drive them to the hotel.
The Marriott Hotel reduced their rates to $45 a night and cleared
the hotel for only SEAL's and family.
The Midlothian, TX Police Department paid the $45 a night for
each room. I would guess there were about 200 people staying at
the hotel, 100 of them were SEALs.
Two large buses were chartered (an unknown donor paid
the bill) to transport people to the different events and they also
had a few rental cars (donated).
The police and secret service were on duty 24 hours during the
stay at our hotel.
At the Kyle house, the Texas DPS parked a large motor home
in front to block the view from reporters. It remained there the
entire five days for the SEALs to meet in and so they could use the
restroom there instead of the bathroom in the house.
Taya, their two small children and both sets of parents were
staying in the home. Only a hand full of SEALs went into the home
as they had different duties and meetings were held sometimes on
a hourly basis.
It was a huge coordination of many different events and security.
Derek was assigned to be a Pall Bearer, to escort Chris' body when
it was transferred from the Midlothian Funeral Home to the Arlington
Funeral Home, and to be with Taya. A tough job. Taya seldom came
out of her bedroom. The house was full with people from the church
and other family members that would come each day to help. I spent
one morning in a bedroom with Chris' mom and the next morning with
Chad Littlefield's parents (the other man murdered with Chris). A
tough job.
George W Bush and his wife Laura , met and talked to everyone
on the Seal Team one on one. They went behind closed doors with
Taya for quite a while. They had prayer with us all. You can tell when
people were sincere and caring
Nolan Ryan sent his cooking team, a huge grill and lots of steaks,
chicken and hamburgers. They set up in the front yard and fed people
all day long including the 200 SEALs and their families.
The next day a local BBQ restaurant set up a buffet in front of
the house and fed all once again. Food was plentiful and all were
taken care of. The family's church kept those inside the house well fed.
JerryJones, the man everyone loves to hate, was a rock star. He made
sure that we all were taken care of. His wife and he were just making
sure everyone was taken care of....Class... He donated the use of
Cowboy Stadium for the services because so many wanted to attend.
The charter buses transported us to the stadium on Monday at 10:30 am.
Every car, bus, motorcycle was searched with bomb dogs and police. I
am not sure if kooks were making threats trying to make a name for
themselves or if so many SEALs in one place was a security risk, I don't
know. We willingly obliged. No purses went into the stadium!
We were taken to The Legends room high up and a large buffet was
available. That was for about 300 people. We were growing. A
Medal of Honor recipient was there, lots of secret service and
police and Sarah Palin and her husband. She looked nice, this was
a very formal military service. The service started at 1:00 pm and when
we were escorted onto the field I was shocked. We heard that about
10,000 people had come to attend also. They were seated in the
stadium seats behind us . It was a beautiful and emotional service.
The Bagpipe and drum corps were wonderful and the Texas A&M men's
choir stood through the entire service and sang right at the end. We were
all in tears.
The next day was the 200-mile procession from Midlothian, TX to
Austin for burial. It was a cold, drizzly, windy day, but the people were out.
We had dozens of police motorcycles riders, freedom riders, five
chartered buses and lots of cars . You had to have a pass to be in the
procession and still it was huge. Two helicopters circled the procession
with snipers sitting out the side door for protection.
It was the longest funeral procession ever in the state of Texas .
People were everywhere. The entire route was shut down ahead of us,
the people were lined up on the side of the road the entire way.
Firemen were down on one knee, police officers were holding their hats
over their hearts, children waving flags, veterans saluting as we went by.
Every bridge had fire trucks with large flags displayed from their tall
ladders, people all along the entire 200 miles were standing in the
cold weather. It was so heartwarming. Taya rode in the hearse with Chris'
body so Derek rode the route with us. I was so grateful to have that time
with him.
The service was at Texas National Cemetery. Very few are buried there
and you have to apply to get in . It is like people from the Civil War, Medal
of Honor winners, a few from the Alamo and all the historical people of Texas.
It was a nice service and the Freedom Riders surrounded the outside of the
entire cemetery to keep the crazy church people from Kansas that protest at
military funerals away from us.
Each SEAL put his Trident (metal SEAL badge) on the top of Chris' casket,
one at a time. A lot hit it in with one blow. Derek was the only one to take
four taps to put his in and it
was almost like he was caressing it as he did it. Another tearful moment.
After the service Governor Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, invited us to
the governor's mansion. She stood at the door, greeted each of us individually,
and gave each of the SEALs a coin of Texas. She was a sincere, compassionate,
and gracious hostess. We were able to tour the ground floor and then went into
the garden for beverages and BBQ. So many of the Seal team guys said
that after they get out they are moving to Texas. They remarked that
they had never felt so much love and hospitality. The charter buses then took
the guys to the airport to catch their returning flights. Derek just now called
and after a 20 hours flight he is back in his spot, in a dangerous land on the
other side of the world, protecting America
We just wanted to share with you, the events of a quite emotional,
but blessed week."
To this day, no one in the White House has ever acknowledged Chris
Kyle; his service, his death, his duty, his generosity, his caring, his life.
However, the President can call a sports person and congratulate him
on his bravery for announcing to the world that he is gay.
He can say on national television that someone, a man who has
committed a crime and was shot by police in the line of duty, would
have made him a good son.
The SEALS have asked that you please, keep this moving if you think
Chris Kyle would have made a good son.
This message contains information intended for specific individuals and purposes.
If you disagree with or are offended by its contents in any way, I
apologize and encourage you to delete it.
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English (United States)
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