WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIVB) — On a cool spring morning, 35 local heroes from the World War II, Korean, Vietnam and Cold War eras set off to the nation’s capital for the trip of a lifetime.
Buffalo-Niagara Honor Flight takes veterans on all-expenses-paid trips to Washington, D.C. throughout the year to see the memorials built to commemorate their courage. News 4 anchor Jordan Norkus and photojournalist Allison Staebell had the special privilege of joining them on Mission 19.
“They’re building that camaraderie again, they’re exchanging stories and it’s quite an emotional thing to see when these guys are talking,” said Buffalo-Niagara Honor Flight president Tom Petrie. “They’ve just met each other and they’re like old friends.”…