An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Remember Aaron
‘On Independence Day, a few hours ago, they killed my son, Aaron in Afghanistan’
It was an extraordinary tweet. Within hours it became the trending topic on social networking site Twitter.
“They killed my son, Aaron,” said the tweet sent out by David Masters of Olympia, Washington.
Then, one tweet at a time, he told the rest of the tragic story.
“He was minding his own business BS-ing with an Officer on base in Afghanistan…
“When a suicide bomber, driving a truck breached the perimiter and pushed the button…
“Killing my son, Aaron and the Officer,” he said
“On Independence Day, a few hours ago, they killed my son, Aaron in Afghanistan.”
“I’d like to see “Thank you, Aaron,” show up on the Trending Topics for giving his life on Independence Day in Afghanistan,” said Masters in a painful plea.
“Shelley, Beau and Sascha are enroute to Dover to meet Aaron’s body, given in service this Independence Day,” he added, recounting that his wife Shelley had gone to pick up his body.
I love you, Aaron,” said Masters as tributes started coming in from all around the world.
“I’m so sorry, Aaron… You are MY hero… I love you,” added Masters, an author of two dieting books.
“Thank you a,ll so much for thanking Aaron, and thank you all for love and support… #thankyouaaron #1… amen.”
By the time the final tweet was sent, Masters’ wish had been fulfilled.
#ThankyouAaron, #Aaron and #Afghanistan had become the top trending topics on Twitter – and army of twitter followers by the tens of thousands were sending their condolences and love from every quarter of the U.S, Canada, Europe and the rest of the world.
It would appear that Aaron Fairbairn, 20, was killed along with another officer during a suicide bombing attack against a U.S. outpost near Zirok, in Paktika province, in south-east Afghanistan by the Taliban.
Rest in Peace young hero. 
Remember all the brave young men and women, far away from home. When you hit your knees, remember it is because of them that you have the freedom to pray.
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One Tweet at a time??
Yeah, that’s always MY 1st reaction every time some terrible happens to MY family…
I’m sure that if my son had been killed in combat I would have immediately thought of making a post on the blog or making a series of Tweets…
I hope you’re not being taken in, because this is NOT the normal reaction of a grieving parent that just lost a child in an act of war…
No, I don’t think it’s a ‘normal’ reaction. But then, I guess we all deal with immediate grief in different ways. Some folks scream, some are totally silent. Maybe he just needed to know that people do care what happened to his son? I don’t know.