A Letter of Thanks

To the Coalition to Salute Americas Heroes and their Amazing staff,

  My Husband Curtis and I recently attended the Heroes Freedom Weekend in New York. The experience was absolutely amazing and is something we will both never forget. This was the first time to New York for the both of us. The Staff was so very friendly and extremely helpful and caring throughout the entire weekend.

It’s not often that we are able to get away from home and experience a weekend like we did. We are extremely thankful for this special opportunity.  A few of the many highlights of our weekend was definitely visiting the 9/11 Memorial and the 9/11 museum. It was emotional and a surreal moment for us both. A moment we will never forget. Visiting the firehouse across the street and hearing stories from the fire chief was also really awesome as well.

Visiting the Statue of Liberty was amazing. Curtis had always wanted to see the Statue of Liberty in Person and he had such a great day that day. Meeting and speaking with the other veteran couples was also so helpful and a feeling of not being in this journey alone. The Pairs therapy classes were also very beneficial for us. During one the evenings on our free time we were able to experience The Empire State Building and just be in awe of that beautiful view from the top.

Words cannot express how thankful we are for this opportunity and we also want to give a huge thanks to the Coalition, the staff, the therapy team, Our team lead Antoinette Batchelor, The NY firefighters and 9/11 hero Joe Torillo, and all the amazing couples we got to experience this Freedom Weekend trip with.

Sincerely,
Curtis & Dorothy Dimas