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FROM COMBAT MEDIC TO SPECIAL ED
TEACHER, PASSING ON $300 TO A
CHESTERFIELD SCHOOL EMPLOYEE THAT
WENT THE DISTANCE FOR A FAMILY
THAT WAS UPROOTED AND IN NEED OF
TRANSPORTATION.
TODAY THAT GRATEFUL MOM AND
DAUGHTER ARE SALUTING THIS RETIRED
SOLDIER WITH AN ACT OF KINDNESS
SURPRISE.
>> FLAG DRAPED HALLS OF
MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL STIR UP
MEMORIES FOR VETERAN ELLEN.
>> I COME TO WORK EVERY DAY.
I LOOK AT THE FLAGS, AND PLACES, I
WAS STATIONED AND THINK ABOUT THE
STUDENTS.
>> ELLEN, OR HER STUDENTS CALL
HER.
LUCKY CHARM.
>> SPENT 22 YEARS AS A ARMY MEDIC
BEFORE TURNING TO TEACHING.
RESCUING PEOPLE IN NEED IS SECOND
LATER.
>> SHE IS WILLING TO HELP ANYWAY I
CAN.
LOOK AT ME AS YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL.
EVERYONE NEEDS ONE.
>> TIFFANY AND BREANNA NEEDED
TRANSPORTATION.
>> SEPARATED AFTER 20 YEARS OF
MARRIAGE AND DAUGHTER A SENIOR IN
HIGH SCHOOL, WITHOUT A DRIVER'S
LICENSE.
SO THERE WAS NOSWAY FOR HER TO
COMMUTE BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL.
>> HONOR STUDENT BREANNA, MENTOR
AND CHEERLEADER WANTED TO FINISH
HER SENIOR YEAR AT SURRY COUNTY
HIGH.
>> EXTREMELY IMPORTANT I WAS
RANKED HOMECOMING QUEEN AT THE
TIME.
>> SHE OFFERED HER A LIFT AND
ALREADY DRIVING FROM CHESTERFIELD
TO HER FIRST TEACHING JOB IN SURRY
COUNTY.
>> EVERY DAYE RODE UP THERE, AN
HOUR AND A HALF, EVERY DAY, ONE
WAY.
HOUR AND A HALF BACK.
>> STUDENT AND TEACHER FORMED A
SPECIAL BOND.
>> SHE IS LIKE MY SECOND MOM.
>> SHE BOUGHT HER BREAKFAST, OUT
TO DINNER.
SHOPPING.
FOR PROM.
SHE BOUGHT HER A DRESS.
>> JUST KNOWING SOMEBODY THAT IS
THAT GENUINELY CARING, IS JUST OUT
STANDING.
>> BREANNA IS DOING WELL IN
COLLEGE AND FAMILY HAS NEVER
FORGOTTEN THEIR LUCKY CHARM.
>> I ALWAYS TOLD HER I WANTED TO
DO SOMETHING TO PAY HER BACK.
OF COURSE, SHE WOULD NEVER TAKE
ANYTHING.
>> MAYBE WE WILL CHANGE THAT.
>> WE'RE EXCITED TO PASS ON $300.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO YOU CAN SHARE WITH YOUR
GUARDIAN ANGEL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHEN ADMINISTRATORS SUMMONED
THE TEACHER TO THE CONFERENCE
ROOM.
SHE DID NOT KNOW WHY.
>> THE WOMEN HADN'T SEEN EACH
OTHER FACE-TO-FACE IN YEARS.
AND THERE WERE LONG HUGS, SMILES,
AND TEARS.
>> WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
FOR YOUR ACTS OF KINDNESS TO US.
>> OH, MY GOSH, ACTIVERY.
>> LUCKWITZ WAS FEARING THE WORST.
>>I THOUGHT I WAS IN TROUBLE.
>> I LOVE THEM.
I AM SO HONORED, AND HUMBLED AND
SHOCKED, AND APPALLED.
>> ACTIVE TIFFANY, BREE, THEY ARE LIKE MY
FAMILY.
IT IS THE FAMILY THAT I HAVE NEVER
HAD.
>> AND AS AN ADOPTED CHILD,
LUCKWITZ SAID FOR HER, FAMILY WILL
ALWAYS BE A PRIORITY.
>>