Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC (Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort
Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas) earlier this month. BAMC is where
soldiers who have been med-evac'd from the combat zone via Germany, come
to the US to be hospitalized, especially burn patients.
At Fort Sam Houston they have facilities called Fisher Houses. The
Fisher House is basically a place where soldiers' families can stay (at
little charge, or at no charge), while their soldier is recovering at
BAMC. Even though Fort Sam Houston has more than one Fisher House, you
can easily imagine that they are all "filled to the brim" almost
constantly. While Denzel Washington was visiting patients in BAMC, they
gave him a tour of one of the installation's Fisher Houses.
During the tour, he asked how much one of these Fisher Houses cost to
build. When he received the answer, he got-out his check book and wrote
out a check for the full amount, right there "on-the-spot". The
soldiers in BAMC were amazed to hear this story, and they want to "get
the word out" to the American public because it warmed their hearts. I
hope that you too will spread this "good-news" story. May God bless
Denzel Washington, and good-hearted people like him.
Very cool of him. Unlike the Schiavo "supporters" who were just out for themselves, Denzel did something that will have an immediate impact on people's lives.
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