A semi-truck driver has people across the country cheering for him.
After seeing a funeral procession for another veteran, Bradley Faulkner pulled his truck over on Interstate 70 and stood inches from oncoming traffic, putting his hand over his heart.
Kristen Collins noticed the man saluting her grandfather, Fred Ladage. Ladage served in the Navy and Navy Reserves in WWII. On Friday, at 91-years-old, his family laid him to rest with full military honors at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. “He was married to my grandmother for 61 years,” she said.
Collins wanted to thank the stranger so she posted the picture on Facebook and it quickly reached Bradley’s wife. The two were able to meet in person soon after so Collins could express her appreciation.
“For that moment, everything about my grandfather about his legacy and life was important,” Collins said. “And people were stopping to honor that.”
As for Faulkner, he offered a lesson we can all learn. “It doesn’t change or alter your life at all to maybe lift up that one family and say, ‘hey, in your time of need, I’m here for you whether I know you or not,’” he said.
Faulkner served nine years in the Army and did one tour in Iraq as part of the military police.
Source: KSDK