{"id":29945,"date":"2008-07-28T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:35:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T03:35:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:35:09","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_homecoming_july_29_2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/07\/28\/rush_s_morning_update_homecoming_july_29_2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Homecoming\r\n\r\nJuly 29, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125101.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"137\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><BR\/><strong>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Homecoming<\/strong><\/line><BR\/><strong><strong>July 29, 2008<\/strong><\/strong><\/line><BR\/><img src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125102.ParBottom.95973.ImageFile.jpg\"\/><\/line><BR\/><strong>Watch It!<\/strong> <strong><img src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/VIDEOicon1.gif\"\/> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stream.rushlimbaugh.com\/cgi-bin\/members.cgi?site=rushlimb&#038;type=download&#038;clips=1&#038;stream=2008\/07\/Rush%20Limbaugh%20-%20Jul%2029%202008%20-%20Morning%20Update.mp4\">Download Morning Update Video in QuickTime<\/a><\/line><BR\/><strong>Listen to It!<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/wma\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/08\/07\/MU072908.asx\"><strong>Windows Media Player<\/strong><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/rm\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/08\/07\/MU072908.ram\"><strong>RealPlayer<\/strong><\/a> <\/line><\/p>\n<p>This past weekend, Lawrence, Massachusetts welcomed Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez home. Fourteen months ago, the 25-year-old was reported missing after he and two other solders were captured during an ambush in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Sgt. Jimenez\u2019s flag-draped casket, resting atop a horse-drawn carriage, was somberly escorted by members of the 10th Mountain Division through flag-lined streets. They made their way to the church where Alex took his First Communion&#8211; and where his parents would say goodbye. His father, Ramon, wore his son\u2019s dog tags around his neck; his mother, Maria, placed a cross on his casket.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people attended the services for Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, including the Massachusetts governor and other elected officials. But perhaps the most poignant words offered came from a stranger to the family&#8211; a 57-year-old woman &#8211;who left work early to attend. Asked by her manager why she was attending the funeral of a solider she didn\u2019t even know, Sharon Dupont gave this answerthrough her tears: &#8220;You know what? He didn\u2019t know me&#8230; but he went over there for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My friends,we do know Alex Jimenez&#8211; and all the other courageous men and women, from every background, every neighborhood of America, who answered the call of duty and gave service to this country with their lives.<\/p>\n<p>We know them well. And the reason we know them well is becausethey are the<emphasize> best <\/emphasize>among us.<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: HomecomingJuly 29, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer This past weekend, Lawrence, Massachusetts welcomed Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez home. 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