Keeping Our Promise To America's Heroes

The Fox News Rundown

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Daily News, News, Politics

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Part of celebrating America's independence is remembering Americans who've made the ultimate sacrifice and the families they've left behind. One of the charities meant to help them out is Folds of Honor, named for the folded American flag at military funerals. Since 2007, the nonprofit has helped the families of fallen heroes, including giving out 52,000 scholarships to Gold Star spouses and children. Rachel Faulkner-Brown, Director of the Folds of Honor Speakers Bureau, joins to explain how the group helped her family and how the organization aids and empowers other military families. Senior Master Sergeant Israel Del Toro Jr. was serving in the Air Force when he was nearly killed by an IED that left him with burns on over 80% of his body. After a long recovery process, he became the first fully disabled veteran to reenlist in the Air Force. Israel has since become an advocate for wounded veterans across the nation. He shares his incredible journey in his memoir, A Patriot's Promise: Protecting My Brothers, Fighting for My Life, and Keeping My Word. Israel Del Toro Jr. joins the Rundown to discuss how his family strengthened him during the recovery process, talks about his friendship with President George W. Bush, and shares his Independence Day traditions. Plus, commentary from writer Paul Batura. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.7	I'm Greg Jarrett.
0:15.6	I'm Sandra Smith.
0:16.8	I'm Charles Payne and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:19.8	Thursday, July 4th, 2024. I'm Chris Foster.
0:26.6	Folds of Honor, helping families of the fallen
0:29.0	see a brighter future.
0:30.1	It's who I was 16 years ago feeling lost and having no idea how I was going to pay for my kids future.
0:40.0	And education, you know, I always say it's the one thing that can't be taken from any of us.
0:46.0	I'm Dana Perino, a Patriot. Nearly killed by an IED blast has devoted the years since to his family, his fellow wounded warriors, and keeping
0:55.2	promises.
0:56.2	We don't do it alone.
0:57.2	As much as we want to think that we can't, we can't.
1:00.8	We gotta have our family with us. We gotta have our family. We have to have our family with us. We got to have our family. We have to have that support system.
1:05.6	And I'm Paul Batura. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown. Part of celebrating America's independence is remembering Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice
1:19.5	and the families they left behind. One of the charities meant to help those families is folds of
1:23.9	honor named for the folded American flag at military funerals. It gives out
1:28.1	scholarships to children and spouses of fallen heroes military and first responders.
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