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Denzel Washington

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Crescent City Times
August 22, 2012 at 04:15 PM
14 years ago
Remember this next time you walk up to the ticket window of your local movie…
Remember this next time you walk up to the ticket window of your local movie theater with $10 in your hand. Subject: Denzel Washington and Brooks Army Medical Center. Don't know whether you heard about this but Denzel Washington and his family visited the troops at Brooks Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, (BAMC) the other day. This is where soldiers who have been evacuated from Germany come to be hospitalized in the United States, especially burn victims. There are some buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher House is a hotel where soldiers' families can stay, for little or no charge, while their soldier is in the hospital BAMC has quite a few of these houses on base, but as you can imagine, they are almost filled most of the time. While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how much one of them would cost to build. He took his checkbook out and wrote a check for the full amount right there on the spot. The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear this story and want to get the word out to the American public, because it warmed their hearts to hear it. A true American and friend to all in uniform!

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Published August 22, 2012 at 04:15 PM
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