<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of <i>KHQ</i> <i>News</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.khq.com/news/terminal-silent-as-vietnam-veteran-s-remains-flown-home-by/article_804ebe52-ba07-11e9-a137-f38d8dfcc106.html">https://www.khq.com/news/terminal-silent-as-vietnam-veteran-s-remains-flown-home-by/article_804ebe52-ba07-11e9-a137-f38d8dfcc106.html</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><br></div><div><h1 itemprop="headline" class="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 42px; margin: 0px 100px 0px 0px; font-family: "Titillium Web", sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(12, 12, 12); caret-color: rgb(12, 12, 12); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Terminal silent as Vietnam Veteran's remains flown home by his son</span></h1></div><div><br></div><div><div>An incredible moment played out at Dallas International Airport Thursday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>An entire terminal paused as the remains of a Vietnam Veteran were brought back home.</div><div><br></div><div>A reporter from Canada's Global News happened to be at the airport and documented the patriotic moment.</div><div><br></div><div>"Our incoming plane is carrying the remains of an American pilot shot down over Vietnam in 1967," Jackson Proskow wrote. " His remains were only recently recovered and identified and brought back to the US."</div><div><br></div><div>Proskow elaborated further: "When Captain Knight left from this very airport in 1967 to fight in Vietnam his five-year-old son came to the airport and waved goodbye. It was the last time he would ever see his father alive."</div><div><br></div><div>"Today the pilot bringing Captain Knight back to Dallas is his son," Proskow said as the entire terminal had gathered to watch the arrival.</div><div><br></div><div>Proskow had been waiting for his flight home to Washington DC from El Paso and said it was a privilege to witness the moment.</div><div><br></div><div>"Incredible moment to watch. The entire airport fell silent," Proskow said.</div><div><br></div><div>He further explained that it was announced over the intercom and American flags were handed out at the gate.</div><div><br></div><div>"The gate agent was very emotional as he told the story over the PA," Proskow said.</div><div><br></div><div>An obituary says Col. Roy Abner Knight, Jr. was shot down while attacking a target on Ho Chi Minh Trail iN Laos.</div><div><br></div><div>52 years after saying goodbye to his father, he actually has the opportunity to return him home for a proper goodbye and burial.</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————-</div><div><br></div><div>Photo </div><div><br></div><div>A veteran returns home . . .</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/KHQ/KHQ_080819.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/KHQ/KHQ_080819.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>