{"id":325266,"date":"2025-11-12T04:21:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/?p=325266"},"modified":"2025-11-19T04:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:16:35","slug":"barack-obama-surprises-plane-full-of-veterans-on-trip-to-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/barack-obama-surprises-plane-full-of-veterans-on-trip-to-washington-d-c","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama Surprises Plane Full of Veterans on Trip To Washington D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Barack Obama<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Surprises Plane Full of Vets &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">On Flight To D.C.<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published November 11, 2025 6:07 PM PST\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-201628f430cb018a4ceacba937c01399\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a8af4f88-78ac-4b9d-91bd-631770e22271-1859860957-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-a8af4f88-78ac-4b9d-91bd-631770e22271-1859860957-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"African-American genealogy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5a\/16by9\/2025\/11\/12\/5af09515fe304a96adfc46a94db2927e_md.jpg\" alt=\"barack-obama-kal-11-11-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">X \/ @BarackObama<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-201628f430cb018a4ceacba937c01399--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8cd5d72e337e7610239d380dafb428da\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A group of war heroes on an honor flight from Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. got quite the surprise when they landed in our nation&#8217;s capital ahead of Veterans Day &#8230; because former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/barack-obama\/\"><strong>Barack Obama<\/strong><\/a> was waiting for them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8cd5d72e337e7610239d380dafb428da--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1365a8945c07c096871411022b2aa0c5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Obama greeted the plane when it touched down and spent time with the vets, who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1365a8945c07c096871411022b2aa0c5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-873d4e46ad42c9fd2ccbcdf3217e6ae9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251112_ec8c6361bda7438db7ca1c11079ab509\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1ec3485c-992c-4483-9242-b0a6575d4d2a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ec\/4by3\/2025\/11\/12\/ec8c6361bda7438db7ca1c11079ab509_md.jpg\" alt=\"barack-obama-1-11-11-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-873d4e46ad42c9fd2ccbcdf3217e6ae9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6ddbe00e8c56c48beca0ee95d6116edd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The former prez shared video of the sweet interactions on social media, saying &#8230; &#8220;Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6ddbe00e8c56c48beca0ee95d6116edd--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\" \/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3587f49f9b2ff1bf294eeca92efc2914\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Obama added &#8230; &#8220;To all those who bravely served our country, thank you to you and your family for your extraordinary service. The sacrifices that all of you have made to protect our country will be honored, today and every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3587f49f9b2ff1bf294eeca92efc2914--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eb2b114f825177c6225d7184d92c308e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eb2b114f825177c6225d7184d92c308e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bcfcde38472da529bc85c2a763f431e3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Onboard, Obama grabbed the intercom and thanked the vets for their service and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bcfcde38472da529bc85c2a763f431e3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e9dad7adebb83f56262f59609e0fb631\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The trip to D.C. was arranged by the Honor Flight Network, a nonprofit that flies vets and their families to our nation&#8217;s capital to visit monuments around the city.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e9dad7adebb83f56262f59609e0fb631--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f06d53dc69df8756b80a85cbdb03130d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Pretty cool stuff. America!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f06d53dc69df8756b80a85cbdb03130d--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/11\/11\/barack-obama-surprises-plane-veterans-war-heroes\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barack Obama Surprises Plane Full of Vets &#8230; On Flight To D.C. 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