Please forgive my intrusion as well....Please accept my heartfelt sympathies to the family, friends, teammates and comrades of Ignacio Ramirez.....
I tend to fall back on the words of Abraham Lincoln when the news of a fallen hero reaches me.........
He said:
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.....
I also agree wholeheartedly with NH...that no matter how one feels about the politics of these situations, we must never forget that we have what we have in this great country because of people like Ignacio & his cousin Gary. They were willing to sacrifice their lives to make this world better for the rest of us.
My morning devotions will be spent with Ashley Dent, Ignacio Ramirez, Gary, and their families in the fore front.....