A volunteer firefighter and a Terrell homeowner found a special connection after a devastating house fire, as both are veterans who take pride in flying our nation’s flag.
A volunteer firefighter and a Terrell homeowner found a special connection after a devastating house fire. It’s still unclear how the fire started and what the family will do next, but they just know the level of comfort a Terrell firefighter brought them meant the world. You can count on Hickson, a Navy veteran, to have an American flag flying out front and out back at his Terrell home. "This is one of the biggest and most devastating things that has happened to me," Hickson said.
"That’s when we noticed the flagpole, high heat got to it. It was bent down. The flag was laying on the ground," he recalled.McFadden served four years in the Army while stationed at Fort Hood. "All my life, I was just raised that it’s the symbol of freedom and people gives their lives for it," he added. "I’ve had two brothers come home from Afghanistan under those flags.""It has a very personal and symbolic meaning to me," McFadden said.
"This was a young man, a very young man, and still had that connection with him as a veteran. It meant a lot," Hickson said."I got my family here, I’m good," Hickson said.But don’t worry, a flag he received on Christmas is out front as Hickson and his family try to figure out how to push forward.
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