1 00:00:00,673 --> 00:00:03,506 (heartfelt music) 2 00:00:07,463 --> 00:00:09,710 - I'm Lt. Col. Ryan Brader 3 00:00:09,710 --> 00:00:12,940 I'm apart of the 731st Airlift Squadron 4 00:00:12,940 --> 00:00:15,740 the Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 5 00:00:15,740 --> 00:00:19,920 This experience was like nothing since September 11th, 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:20,870 absolutely amazing. 7 00:00:20,870 --> 00:00:25,870 We flew these flights today to honor our first responders 8 00:00:26,420 --> 00:00:28,720 and those folks on the front lines 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,500 in the battle against the COVID-19 virus. 10 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:34,200 It meant the world to us to get to participate in it 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,570 and show 12 00:00:36,584 --> 00:00:38,010 the state of Colorado 13 00:00:38,010 --> 00:00:40,080 that we're behind 'em 100% 14 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,110 and right there on the front lines with 'em. 15 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:45,400 My entire family is born and raised in Colorado 16 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,500 and they're first responders 17 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:49,960 and police officers up in the Denver area 18 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,080 and they were cheering us as we went by today as well. 19 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,260 The last time that we went through times like this was 20 00:00:55,260 --> 00:00:58,000 somewhere around September of 2001. 21 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,580 And for those of us 22 00:00:59,580 --> 00:01:01,470 that have spent the last couple of decades 23 00:01:01,470 --> 00:01:04,000 fighting the Global War on Terrorism, 24 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,100 this hits close to home 25 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:09,310 because the last two months have been life altering 26 00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:11,220 for each and every one of us. 27 00:01:11,220 --> 00:01:12,330 Not just in this nation 28 00:01:12,330 --> 00:01:14,720 but across the globe. 29 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:15,880 This impacts all of us 30 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,440 because we would like to take the fight back to the enemy 31 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,130 and in this case the enemy is COVID-19. 32 00:01:21,130 --> 00:01:23,020 And today we got to do that 33 00:01:23,020 --> 00:01:25,610 and support those that are on the front lines 34 00:01:25,610 --> 00:01:26,927 battling that battle. 35 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,473 (heartfelt music)