Southwest Captain brings his Dad (Col. Roy Knight) back home!

to be able to do this to bring my father home I'm very very honored and very lucky how many people would ever have this kind of opportunity to do this this is awesome I know he's gonna be right there. With the end of the war I remember as a kid watching every single POW come off those airplanes and I watched every one of them your job and your duty as a family and as a child is to have hope but as a kid what you really think is if you don't do that you're somehow gonna be responsible for him being lost as you probably notice a little bit of activity going off right inside the aircraft he's taking one of our servicemen home now fifty-two years of company 31 January of 1967 last time I saw my father I was 5 years old and that was at Love Field in Dallas Texas when I first got the call you know it was it was almost surreal because I I really didn't think it would ever happen Wow you know he's really coming home he's really we're gonna be able to bring him back and we're gonna have a place where we can honor him 20 we got a message for you I'm ready sir on behalf of regional approach through up and your father Colonel Knight home boy he's gone he will never be forgotten good morning our deathless 12/20 nog little or for10 now our sample of 20 vision wandering thank you very much very little and 1/3 right held until 24 vehicles and red vehicles the aircraft come in it is turning onto Charlie one now tops copy thank you Vince you're welcome let's go 20 clear for hover quarter cup was full 20 love around second ago via Charlie Delta Charlie Delta cell fulfilled life since I was 8 89 continue via Delta Delta 1 Lima I'll buy a filter for one 311 yeah it's a hill of accident thank you for 52 years let me go the Dallas area about is remain well you know so few so many 30 residue can good 10 years actually thank you for the information my name's Mike Noah pilotless Brian the Catholic who just flew in today you all have been Park the Honor Flight of a fallen American airman the Vietnam era captain Roy night left Love Field in 1967 January 1967 he was shot down over Laos May 19 1967 that day that he left America his mom his wife and his son came here to Love Field and send him on his way a few months later they got the word that he was shot down it's in 52 years since that family had lost their father a few months ago captain died was notified by the military that his father's retains that they positively identified and through the efforts of many many people we have him with us today in a casket in the belly of the airplane the pilot that flew you in today was that same five year old boy who left here at Love Field fifty-two years ago with his dad this ain't goodbye that little boy you

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Id: 54W22gT7-R8

Length: 5min 2sec (302 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 09 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/alwayslyinryan]

Who’s cutting onions? Great video

[u/F_E_M_A]

Didn't plan on crying today, but here I am.

[u/DiskoSpider]

If any of you find Air Traffic Comms interesting, this channel VASaviation puts out a lot of captioned content and I have been a fan for a couple years now. I don't recall ever seeing him put out a video like this before and I found it very special. Just wanted to share with you.

[u/TXWayne]

Wow, just wow. I live in the DFW area and fly on SW out of Love a lot, like in 6.5 hours, and I would have loved to have been on that flight and part of something special like that. I would have been mildly embarrassed though because I would have been blubbering like a baby.

[u/skarface6]

Great video. I went in thinking it would be like that pilot surprising her parents. Not so much.

[u/THatPart1790]

Thank you for posting this.

[u/igot1C5onit]

We've all seen it. We've all cried. Amazing story!