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Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

The information below is not an official PGR mission and provided for your
use to attend if you can and would like to.  Unfortunately, here in the
Metroplex area, we are simply unable to honor all the requests we receive
for individual welcome homes.  They could easily run into the hundreds and
more and we just don't have the resources to accommodate each one.  Given
that this is a wounded warrior and came to us via Texas HOTH Coordinator
Debbie Horton we are posting the information for the riders to see.  The
details came from this Marine's mom.

 

For any riders planning to go to the airport, please remember to check
current flight information such as arrival time, gate and baggage claim area
before you go for any changes.

 

Thanks

 

Steve Lucas

Deputy State Captain

North Texas PGR

 

I would love for the Patriot Riders to come and be a part of my son, LCPL
Rodgers, homecoming.  He is currently living in San Diego at the Wounded
Warrior Barracks at the Naval Medical Center.  Justin was injured in
Afghanistan when a 10-15yr old child threw a fragmentation grenade into his
turret on top of the hummer.  Despite his major injuries to his left hand,
arm, and face, his is recovering very well.  We are very appreciative of
everything our military medical staff did to save the use of his hand.
Justin sustained six surgeries and continues physical and occupational
therapy.  Justin will be traveling from San Diego to DFW Airport on Saturday
at 12:30pm.  He will be arriving on American Airlines Flight 1672.  Justin
was a Varsity quarterback at NW High School, an Eagle Scout, and now a
Purple Heart recipient.  As you can tell we are very proud of him.  We are
excited to just have him home, especially for the holidays.  I know that
many other mothers may not be able to say that and for them I pray for peace
in their hearts. Our family knows how lucky we are.  We thank you for making
this homecoming that much more special!

 

Laura Russell, The Proud Mother Of  LCPL Justin Rodgers

 

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