Two southwest Ohio sisters are giving back in a big way to America’s veterans by raising thousands of dollars for Honor Flights.
Tessa Ziegler, 12, and Raya Ziegler, eight, raised more than $30,000 to help the Honor Flight Network, which transports veterans to Washington, D.C., where they visit memorials that honor their sacrifice.
“I love seeing the veterans and their smiles after they come back from the honor flight,” Tessa said on “America’s Newsroom” Thursday.
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The older sister said the duo were inspired to join the cause after taking an honor flight.
“My mom inspired me because her friend invited us on an honor flight and we really liked it, and we just wanted to keep going back.”
Raya told co-anchor Bill Hemmer that she was inspired to help at such a young age “because I love our veterans, because they’re so nice.”
Rachel Ziegler, mom of the two fundraising sisters, said it was an “honor” to help support America’s veterans through the Honor Flights network.
“We love our veterans here. And we know that most of the veterans right now on the honor flights are Vietnam veterans, Korean veterans. We know they didn’t have a homecoming. A lot of them They were spat on. People tried to fight them,” she said.
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“So being there at this Honor Flight reunion and being able to welcome them home and give them the homecoming that they really deserve – shaking their hands, thanking them for their service – it really becomes very emotional. They are happy. They I’m crying. It’s really a great program.”
