AS
AS WE
AS WE CELEBRATE VETERANS ALL WEEKEND -- TONIGHT THE SPOTLIGHT
ON 100
ON 100
ON 100 YEAR OLD ERNIE MICKA. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US AT4@
5:30, I'M4@
DOUG PROFFITT.
AND I'M RACHEL PLATT.
WE INTRODUCED YOU TO HIM BACK IN
4@
JUNE --
A MEMBER OF THE GREATEST
GENERATION
-- BUT TOO HUMBLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
IT.
IT.
IT. BUT
IT. BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT
ERNIE -- 100 YEARS OF WISDOM --
AND I HAD A FEELING THERE WAS
SOMETHING HE COULD TEACH US ALL -- SO HERE THEY ARE
-- LIFE4@
-- LIFE4@
-- LIFE4@ LESSONS FROM ERNIE.4@
100.7 YEARS OLD, ERNIE TURNING4@
101 IN APRIL.
A
A GE
A GE GUY
A GE GUY AND A WORLD WAR TWO VET 4@4@ -- WE
-- WE
MET
MET HIM
MET HIM THIS PAST JUNE ON THE HONOR FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON. AT 22
ERNIE WAS THERE FOR THE FIRST
AND4@
LAST SHOTS OF WORLD WAR TWO --
LITERALLY
HELPING TO STOP THE NAZI'S IN4@
THE BATTLE4@
OF THE BULGE.
IN WASHINGTON, HE SHED TEARS FOR
HIS
HIS
HIS COMRADES WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT HOME
--
--
-- 4@
4@
4@ AND
4@ AND SHARED A FEW SECRETS WITH
OTHER VETERANS ABOUT LIVING A LONG4@4@
LIFE...
LIFE...
LIFE... 4@
4@
4@ BUT
4@ BUT WHAT ELSE -- WHAT OTHER
WISDOM CAN HE SHARE ABOUT A LONG, SOMETIMES
TOUGH --4@
BUT SEEMINGLY WONDERFUL LIFE.
AN ACTIVE LIFE WAS OBVIOUS WHEN
4@4@
WE
4@4@ WE
WE
RECENTLY
RECENTLY VISITED HIM AT HOME. HE STILL DRIVES, WE SAW THE
REMNANTS OF HIS SUMMER GARDEN, AND BOY, HE
LOVE4@S HIS4@
YARD.
A RIDING MOWER, BUT STILL.
ACTIVE IS WHAT HE IS -- BUT THE
4@
MOTTO HE4@
LIVES BY -4@- IS WHO HE IS.
4@
4@
4@ THAT
4@ THAT LACK OF RESPECT SO EVIDENT
HE SAYS IN
TODAY'S WORLD WITH THE SHOOTING 4@
AT THE
4@ AT THE
AT THE
4@
4@ SYNAGOGUE IN PITTSBURGH -- AND AT THE STONY BROOK KROGER -- HE
ATTENDED CHURCH WITH ONE OF THE
4@ VICTIMS -- MAURICE STALLARD.
IT
IT ALL
IT ALL GOES BACK TO RESPECT AND MEETING
MEETING
MEETING IN THE MIDDLE -- SOMETHING HE4@ SAYS
SAYS
SAYS 4@
4@
4@ WE'RE
4@ WE'RE LACKING IN POLITICS TODAY.
4@4@ DESPITE THAT...
IT'S WHY SERVICE TO COUNTRY IS
4@4@ DESPITE THAT... IT'S WHY SERVICE TO COUNTRY IS4@
4@
4@ SO
4@ SO SACRED --
THAT
THAT CLIP
THAT CLIP FROM HIS HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER WHEN HE RECEIVED THE4@ BRONZE
STAR.
BRONZE STAR. HE'S ONE DECORATED SOLDIER --
4@
4@
4@ ONE
4@ ONE HECK OF A HERO WITH DEEP4@
LOVE OF COUNTRY ... BUT HIS GREATEST LOVE?
DOROTHY,
DOROTHY, HIS GIRL WHEN HE LEFT FOR WORLD WAR TWO --- SOON TO BE HIS
4@
WIFE4@
4@ WIFE4@
4@ WIFE4@ WHEN HE CAME HOME.
IT WAS THE BIG BAND ERA -- AND4@
ERNIE AND4@
DOROTHY LOVED TO DANCE.
ERNIE,
ERNIE, A
ERNIE, A GREAT DANCER -- AND A4@ SMOOTH TALKER.
SMOOTH TALKER. 4@
4@
4@ DANCING PART OF THEIR LIVES --
THEY'D HAVE TWO SONS, GRANDCHILDREN -4@
--
--
4@
4@ CELEBRATE ALL THE IMPORTANT MILESTONES LIKE THEIR 50TH AND
WE4@LL BEYOND
BEFORE LOSING HIS PARTNER -- NOT
JUST
JUST
JUST ON
JUST ON THE DANCE FLOOR, BUT IN LIFE@
ERNIE'S
ERNIE'S YOUNGER SON SAYS HIS DAD 4@ IS ABOUT AS EVEN KEELED AS YOU
CAN BE -4@- STEADY
AND STRONG, SOME OF THAT COMING
4@
FROM HIS
FAITH.
FAITH.
FAITH. 4@
4@
4@ ERNIE
4@ ERNIE WILL TELL YOU HE'S HAD A
GOOD LIFE -- SOME WOULD SAY HE'S A NATIONAL
TREASURE
WITH THE GREATEST GENERATION --
4@
ERNIE
4@ ERNIE
ERNIE
ERNIE 4@
4@
4@ 4@4@
4@ 4@4@ PREFERS ANOTHER LEGACY.
IT'S
IT'S ALL
IT'S ALL ABOUT RESPECT WITH ERNIE MICKA -- A LIFE LESSON WE 4@
CAN ALL USE, FROM
4@4@
4@4@
4@4@ 4@
4@
4@ A
4@ A MAN
4@ A MAN WHO HAS CERTAINLY EARNED OUR RESPECT.4@
OUR RESPECT.4@ SO IF YOU RUN ACROSS A VETERAN
THIS
THIS WEEKEND, SAY THANKS, BUT ALSO ASK THEM4@ ABOUT THEIR LIFE.
4@
4@ CHANCES ARE, YOU'RE GONNA LEARN 4@
SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
SOMETHING IMPORTANT. TH4@ERE'S A WAY YOU CAN PAY
TRIBUTE TOMORROW.. TO THOSE WHO HAVE
SACRIFICED
SACRIFICED 4@4@4@
4@4@4@