Posted on 09/11/2011 10:15:17 AM PDT by Blueflag
I don't know WHO that guy was/is who sang the national anthem to kick off the game at Chicago stadium, but he SANG (not performed) in the most onwderful way. The crowd was roaring and cheering at his rendition and broke into a great USA USA USA chant ... but Fox broke away to a commercial.
Wish I could been there.
GREAT day.
I don't even care if the Falcons win. Chicago deserves it for picking THAT GUY to sing, and letting him sing it that way.
WOW!!!
I have NEVER heard the National Anthem belted out like that...OMG! I’m not sure that can be topped by anyone...
He sure had a set of lungs on him...too bad the Falcons didn’t show up for the game.
Thank for posting Blue...
thanks for the link Zin...
By chance, I saw it live....it was amazing...
I knew that the NFL had special things planned for today, but I am so thrilled that I saw THIS..
I said to my husband- “WOW! That was just the PERFECT tone for our anthem and this day. It was powerful and in your face, not fancy. It was American.”
I have to say- this weekend was just magical.
I finally sat my girls down and talked about 9/11...they are 11 and 12....I made them watch voices of 9/11 on youtube...amazing, btw- over 30 minutes long, but just perfect for them to see and understand since they were so young. We talked about it afterwards.......
TOday we went to a station house that is connected to a precinct...we did not drop off food. We brought a grill, 20 T-Bone steaks, 10 lbs of chicken, 2 cobblers, enough mashed potatoes for 40, a gallon of gravy, cookies, and sodas, water, tea, etc....
we hung out and cooked for them...served them....
we spent 4 hours there with them...
I am ASHAMED that I have never done this before...I am EMBARRASSED that we don’t do more...
We promised to be back, and as a family, we have decided to be there for them at least once a month....Shame on us....
GOD BLESS AMERICA! and may God please forgive us for taking our country and those who serve us, so for granted...
What a novel idea and a great thing to do for the heroes. I bet they really appreciated it and were probably stunned.
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