{"id":399937,"date":"2021-05-28T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=399937"},"modified":"2021-05-28T19:08:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T23:08:49","slug":"eib-high-note-army-sgt-michael-ollis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/05\/28\/eib-high-note-army-sgt-michael-ollis\/","title":{"rendered":"EIB High Note: Army Sgt. Michael Ollis"},"content":{"rendered":"

KEN Our High Note today, the EIB Network High Note is dedicated to Army Sgt. Michael Ollis. The 24-year-old New Yorker from Staten Island was killed in Afghanistan in 2013 as he shielded a wounded Polish soldier from an insurgent suicide bomber\u2019s blast. They named one of the Staten Island Ferries after Sgt. Ollis.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>His parents, Linda and Bob, started the nonprofit called Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis Freedom Foundation<\/a> in his honor, which does things like host dinner for elderly vets, train service dogs, send care packages to troops deployed during the holidays, and teaches civics in borough schools. In a few weeks on June 13th they\u2019re holding their annual 5K walk-run on Staten Island. Here\u2019s Michael\u2019s father, Bob, describing the event followed by race director Nick Iacono.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>BOB: I can\u2019t believe the outpour of support and love that the Staten Island people have given towards Michael and Linda and I.<\/p>\n

IACONO: I think we\u2019ve gotten so much support year after year. It\u2019s because Staten Islanders are among the most patriotic people in America. They love our veterans. They appreciate their sacrifice. And few veterans and few — few stories really embody the sacrifice better than Michael Ollis did.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>KEN: Michael Ollis received the U.S. Army\u2019s Distinguished Service Cross and Poland\u2019s army gold medal for saving the lives of his entire platoon and the Polish soldier, Lt. Karol Cierpica.<\/p>\n

The two had never met before, but Ollis threw his body over him when the base came under attack, sacrificing his own life. Again, only 24 years old.<\/p>\n

The families are still in touch so we wanted to give Michael Ollis\u2019 Freedom Foundation<\/a> a special recognition along with all of our brave men and women in the armed forces. They have our deepest gratitude and appreciation, as always, here at EIB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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