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facts first presents soldier stands at
attention in pouring rain and when a
woman sees why she breaks down in tears
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any of our future videos there are
plenty of people today who say that most
of the respect in the world is gone
there are many things that are common
social knowledge that have been
forgotten or go ignored there was a time
that all the men at the dinner table
would stand when a woman left the table
there was a time when children would not
fill their plates at dinner until their
elders had done so first children used
to ask to be excused before leaving the
table these traditions and signs of
respect have been lost over the years
unfortunately it's a sad reality but
that is our reality today there are
however a few exceptions to this rule
some people understand and remember how
important showing respect is well this
is the story of a woman who saw a
soldier standing at attention in the
pouring rain and when she sees why she
breaks down in tears one custom that
people either ignore or don't know
anything about is what you should do
when a funeral procession goes by most
people know that you don't cut off a
funeral procession if you have a green
light
you wait until it is passed before
proceeding through the light this isn't
the only procedure that should be
followed though a woman named Erin
Hester was able to see up close what
you're supposed to do she was driving
down the street and it was pouring rain
when she looked on the side of the road
she saw a car pulled over next to the
car was a man in a soldier's uniform and
he was standing at attention the fact
that it was raining didn't seem to
bother him he just stood there she
looked around to try and figure out what
was going on it was then that she saw a
funeral procession driving by slowly
with their lights on when she realized
that it was a funeral procession she
pulled over to the side of the road to
let them pass respectfully as she waited
the soldier remained at attention
he wasn't until the entire procession
had passed
that she saw the man get back into his
car she was in awe about what she had
just seen it wasn't too often that she
saw someone do something so respectful
while waiting for the funeral procession
to pass she took a photo of the soldier
outside of his car she decided to post
it on Facebook for the entire world to
see along with the photo she posted the
caption that read I was so completely
touched by this today a funeral
procession was passing by and this
soldier got out of his cheap to stand at
attention in the pouring rain I always
get frustrated when I see cars that
don't pull to the side and stop for a
procession but this gentleman went above
and beyond I feel pretty confident that
there isn't a military rule that
soldiers have to do this
this made my heart happy to see the
amount of respect that this gentleman
showed a family that he doesn't even
know in just hours after posting the
photo it went viral the post was shared
over 5,000 times it was liked 44
thousand times and close to a thousand
people left a comment on the photo one
of the users posted when my grandma died
as we were heading from the funeral to
the burial the highway was undergoing
about five miles of a widening project
what was so moving is that every piece
of equipment stopped and every man
working on that project dropped their
tools or stepped out of their machine
removed their hard hats and stood at
attention as we passed I'll never forget
it the comments kept pouring in from
Facebook users who had seen something
similar to what this soldier did at one
time in their lives while some users
told their stories others congratulated
the soldier for his actions one of these
users said may we all be reminded that
small respectful actions can leave a
lasting impression on people we don't
know hats off to this gentleman the
attention this soldier got online was
incredible
sadly the identity of the soldier has
never been discovered but his act of
respect has still been seen around the
world
the man not only pulled over for the
funeral procession but he got out of his
car in the pouring rain to pay respect
to a person he had never even met it's
little things like this that give you
hope for our world today if everyone
could be just a little bit more respect
our world would be a much better place
to live
kudos to this soldier and kudos to Aaron
who took the time to thank the unknown
soldier for his respect subscribe for
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