{"id":100162,"date":"2020-05-03T19:32:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T02:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=100162"},"modified":"2020-05-03T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T02:33:00","slug":"presidential-recognition-ceremony-on-hard-work-heroism-and-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=100162","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Recognition Ceremony on Hard Work, Heroism &#038; Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Thank you very much.  It\u2019s a great honor to have you all.  I know your stories.  I got to read about your stories.  In some cases, I knew your story without having to read about it \u2014 from Staten Island.  So, thank you all very much.  It\u2019s a great honor to have you.  This afternoon, we\u2019re going to recognize several individuals who have responded to the invisible enemy with courage, determination, and grace.  Terrific people.  In recent weeks, our nation has endured extraordinary hardships and loss, and we mourn with one heart for every life that\u2019s been taken from us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72551-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72551-PM.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72551-PM-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72551-PM-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72551-PM-570x322.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72626-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72626-PM.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72626-PM-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72626-PM-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72626-PM-570x322.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72647-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72647-PM.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72647-PM-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72647-PM-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fullscreen-capture-532020-72647-PM-570x322.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uZ9zueV3wVo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the midst of so much pain, the heroes we honor today are a true source of inspiration for us all.  You really are very great inspiration for us all.  And the whole country is watching.<\/p>\n<p>With us today is Kyle West from Cincinnati, Ohio.  Kyle is 23 years old, and he\u2019s proud to be a mailman in his hometown.  I know Cincinnati very well.  I actually worked in Cincinnati, and it was a great \u2014 the Queen City.  I had a great experience.  Many of the people on this route are older Americans in a low-income area.  And as Kyle says of his job, \u201cWe\u2019re not just mailmen, we\u2019re mechanics, movers, and many other things.  We\u2019re part of the neighborhood.\u201d  That\u2019s true, isn\u2019t it \u2014 huh? \u2014 for a mailman.  Kyle talks to roughly 500 of his customers each day, bringing a cheerful smile and a listening ear to every parcel of mail.<\/p>\n<p>When the pandemic hit, Kyle delivered a note to hundreds of older Americans on his route.  It said, \u201cIf you are at risk and need help getting essential items, let me know.  I will do what I can to help.\u201d  That means you get it done, right?  That\u2019s what he means.  \u201cSincerely, Mailman Kyle.\u201d  Since then, Kyle has received more than 400 responses, and he\u2019s delivered vital groceries to dozens of senior citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle, your love for your neighbors lifts us and the entire nation.  Would you come up and say a few words?  Please.  Thank you, Kyle.  It\u2019s terrific.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll move that down for you.  Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>MR. WEST:  All right.  Thank you, Mr. President.  I\u2019m greatly honored to be here to represent my fellow postal employees as we continue to provide our essential services to America.  Customers often \u2014 often tell us during difficult times that seeing us out every day gives them a sense of normalcy in their life.<\/p>\n<p>The gratitude we\u2019re receiving from our customers is greatly inspiring.  And the thank-you notes along our routes are helping us get through.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re delivering a lot of essential items at this time.  The amount of medicine has greatly increased.  Customers depend on us for Social Security checks and other financial information: census material, mail-in ballots, and then essential items that they\u2019re ordering online.<\/p>\n<p>At the Postal Service, we\u2019re continuing to follow CDC guidelines to keep ourselves and our customers safe: social distancing, wearing a face mask, lots of hand washing, and the cleaning of our vehicles and facilities.  I\u2019m very proud to work for the Postal Service and to deliver for our country.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Great job, Kyle.  Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>MR. WEST:  Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Great job.  Thank you very much, Kyle.<\/p>\n<p>Also with us are Libby Bish and Rafael Melo.  And they\u2019re real estate agents in Northern Virginia \u2014 great business, real estate.  When one of their clients told them that his restaurant had been hit hard, Libby and Rafael decided they wanted to do something to help.  They began raising money to buy food from restaurants to donate to local hospitals.  Within a few weeks, they have raised over $6,000, made 18 deliveries, and fed over 500 healthcare workers.<\/p>\n<p>And Libby and Rafael, please, I\u2019d like to thank you and acknowledge you by having you step forward and say a few words.  Please.<\/p>\n<p>Please, go ahead.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>MR. MELO:  Thank you, Mr. President.  You kind of covered it all for us already.  (Laughs.)  So we are real estate agents in the D.C. area.  And this mission really came about after receiving a phone call from some of our clients who work in the food and beverage industry here.  They gave us some insight on what COVID-19, how the \u2014 the impact that it had on their business.<\/p>\n<p>And from there, we just felt compelled to act.  So, we started a GoFundMe campaign to give them some additional business; took money, ordered catering directly from their restaurant, and we dropped it off with different staff working at various hospitals around the area \u2014 tirelessly, obviously.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign started picking up, so we started doing more donations.  And we kept dropping off \u2014 we also increased our goal, but we kept dropping off at different hospitals around the area.<\/p>\n<p>So another really cool factor that we did to sprinkle that \u2014 to sprinkle in with this was we started compiling videos of some of our contributors expressing their gratitude, and those videos were being sent along with the food drop-offs.<\/p>\n<p>Let me get you ready.  (Adjusts microphone.)<\/p>\n<p>MS. BISH:  (Laughs.)  Some assistance with that.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.  So, Mr. President already addressed most of this, but we named our campaign \u201cFrontline Fuel.\u201d  We raised over $6,000, helped over 18 local businesses, and delivered meals to nurses and doctors in the area \u2014 over 500 nurses and doctors.<\/p>\n<p>We also partnered with a local boutique company that produces hand sanitizer, DEFY Aesthetic, to include in our drop-offs as an added bonus.  Our mission is simple: We want to help local business while also encouraging and helping healthcare workers who are selflessly working around the clock to ensure the health of our people.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity.  It\u2019s an honor to be here today.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Fantastic.  Thank you both.  (Applause.)  Thanks very much.  Great job.<\/p>\n<p>Tall guy, right?  Next to \u2014 so how tall are you?<\/p>\n<p>MR. MELO:  6\u20198.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  6\u20198?  That\u2019s a good height.<\/p>\n<p>MS. BISH:  (Inaudible.)  (Laughs.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  That\u2019s a \u2014 I have a son that looks like he\u2019s going to be right around that number.  Barron.  Right?<\/p>\n<p>MR. MELO:  Yes.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  It\u2019s \u2014 he\u2019s going to be up there.  That\u2019s really good.  Thank you very much, and thank you, Libby, very much.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we also want our TJ Kim, a high school sophomore from McLean, Virginia.  TJ hopes to serve as a pilot in the United States Navy.  At just 16 year old \u2014 16, boy, that\u2019s a great age \u2014 TJ is already taking flight classes to get his pilot\u2019s license.  When he heard that hospitals needed more personal protective equipment, he launched his own mission, Operation SOS, which stands for Supplies Over the Skies.<\/p>\n<p>He worked with his school, church, and community to collect medical supplies.  With the help of the flight instructor, who probably was a very good person \u2014 what do you think?  Pretty good?<\/p>\n<p>MR. KIM:  (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Good flight instructor too?<\/p>\n<p>MR. KIM:  Yes.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Knows how to fly, right?  Pretty good?<\/p>\n<p>MR. KIM:  Yes.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  You better take lessons from somebody that knows how to fly.  But who also joins us today.<\/p>\n<p>And TJ has flown and delivered more than 10,000 pieces of personal protective equipment.  That\u2019s pretty \u2014 that\u2019s a lot of work.  That\u2019s a lot of flying too.  That\u2019s great.  And there can be no better preparation for flying the military planes, right?<\/p>\n<p>MR. KIM:  Yes, sir.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I think there can be nothing better.<\/p>\n<p>But you\u2019re going to four rural hospitals in Virginia.  So, TJ, come on up and say a few words.  Please, great honor.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>MR. KIM:  Thank you, Mr. President.  I\u2019m beyond humbled to be here today.  My name is TJ Kim, and I\u2019m a sophomore at the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland.  A little over a month ago, I turned 16 when, due to coronavirus, my school year and my lacrosse season were effectively over.  All I had left was my flight training.  Ever since I was nine, it\u2019s been my dream to attend the Naval Academy and become a fighter pilot in the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>So I talked to my dad about ways that I could continue my flight training while serving the community at the same time.  We came up with Operation SOS, meaning Supplies Over the Skies.<\/p>\n<p>In my home state of Virginia, I found that there are seven critical-access hospitals serving the rural communities around them.  And I realized that while every hospital is hurting for tier-one PPEs, it was the rural hospitals that were often forgotten about.  So I wanted to do something to help and bless them.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve flown four Operation SOS missions so far to Luray Caverns, Winchester, the Highlands of Hot Springs, and the northern neck of (inaudible).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve sourced and delivered 8,000 medical gloves, 2,000 head covers, 1,500 shoe covers, 400 masks, as well as protective eyewear, isolation gowns, hand sanitizers, and disinfectant sprays.  The response has been amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout my journey, I\u2019ve learned two lessons: First, is that it takes a community to serve the community.  What I mean is that I\u2019m blessed by an incredible community that includes my family, my teachers and peers at Landon, my flight school, my neighborhood, and my church.  It\u2019s been their support that has allowed me to complete each Operation SOS mission successfully.<\/p>\n<p>Second, I\u2019ve learned that you are never too young to think about how to serve others in times of need.  Mr. President, you once said that America is the place where anyone can rise, and today there are youth everywhere in America rising up to help sew masks, deliver groceries to the elderly, and write thank-you letters to our frontline workers.  And when I think about them, I\u2019ve realized just how undeserving I am to be here.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. President, I\u2019m so honored by this award, and I also don\u2019t know how to repay you.  Let me make you this promise instead: As long as there\u2019s a need and as long as I can find the PPEs and fly them to rural hospitals, I\u2019m going to do it.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  That\u2019s fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>MR. KIM:  I promise to continue to rise and be of service to my campus, my community, my Commonwealth, and my country.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  That\u2019s great.  Where\u2019s your flight instructor?<\/p>\n<p>MR. KIM:  Oh, he\u2019s right there, in the back.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Where\u2019s your instructor?<\/p>\n<p>MR. KIM:  In the back, middle.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Good.  How about standing up?  (Applause.)  Was he a great \u2014 a great student?<\/p>\n<p>PARTICIPANT:  (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Huh?  Did a good job?<\/p>\n<p>PARTICIPANT:  (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  He did job, I\u2019ll bet.  Thank you very much.  That\u2019s great.  Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>MR. KIM:  Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Fantastic story.<\/p>\n<p>So a man that I know because I spent a lot of time \u2014 and spend in a place called Staten Island.  Right?  That\u2019s true, Frank.  You know that.  Frank Siller from Staten Island, New York \u2014 a really special place.  I spent many an hour \u2014 many a day with my father there over the years.  And it\u2019s just great.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two decades ago, Frank founded an organization called Tunnel to Towers to support the loved ones of the fallen for first responders and service members.  He began this mission to honor the legacy of his younger brother, firefighter Steven Siller.  And so, Steven is looking down right now and he says, \u201cMy brother is in the White House, doing a real job.\u201d  He\u2019s very proud of you.  I know how hard you work.  Coming from New York, I guess, especially, Frank, I know how hard you work.  And you\u2019ve done a fantastic job.  We appreciate it very much.<\/p>\n<p>But he was one of the immortal heroes who gave his life on September 11th, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>As the virus began to spread in New York earlier this year, Frank leapt into action.  He helped raise money to deliver more than 1 million pieces of personal protective equipment \u2014 that\u2019s a lot \u2014 for hospitals in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Frank and his army of volunteers have delivered food to firehouses and phone stations and police stations and all sorts of places all across New York and New Jersey.  Frank also raised over $5 million to help pay the mortgages of families \u2014 homes that have 25 first responders.  I guess it\u2019s a total of 25.  So you have a lot of people that are very thankful, Frank.  I\u2019ve heard a lot about it.  First responders and healthcare workers who have tragically lost their lives in the fight against the virus.  It\u2019s a vicious, vicious enemy.<\/p>\n<p>Frank, I want to thank you for continuing to support our nation\u2019s heroes.  And, again, your family and your brother is very proud of you, looking down.  And please come up and say a few words, Frank, please.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>MR. SILLER:  Thank you, Mr. President, for inviting me here today and to honor and let people know the work that Tunnel to Towers foundation is doing.<\/p>\n<p>My siblings and I, we started the foundation in honor of my brother, New York City firefighter.  On September 11th, 2001, he strapped 60 pounds of gear on his back and ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, which is almost two miles long.  And I know you know that.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  It\u2019s a long tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>MR. SILLER:  It\u2019s almost two miles long.  And he come out and run up West Street, went into the South Tower, up those stairs.  And while saving people\u2019s lives, he gave up his own.<\/p>\n<p>And we were \u2014 since then, we\u2019ve been honoring our military and first responders ever since.  We built specially adapted smart homes for our country\u2019s most catastrophically injured service members.  We deliver mortgage-free homes for Gold Star Families and fallen first responder families who die in the line of duty who leave young families behind.<\/p>\n<p>And, Mr. President, when you said that we are at war with an invisible enemy, we couldn\u2019t have been more proud to know that we\u2019re doing our job, and what we\u2019re supposed to be doing as a local foundation, as a national foundation, to make sure that we take care of the frontline healthcare workers.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Fran- \u2014 we follow teachings of Saint Francis of Assisi, who said, \u201cBrothers and sisters, while you are here, while you have time, let us do good.\u201d  And we know that is our guiding light from the foundation, is what we strive to do every single is to do good, and not just the memory of my brother, but all those who perished on 9\/11, those who have perished ever since that have given us this great country, and those frontline healthcare workers who are willing to die for you and me today, who are on that frontline in the battlefield that you all often speak about.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s why our foundation has made a commitment.  We want America to make a promise to these great Americans, who are willing to die for you and me, that if they go out and they give their kids a kiss goodbye, and they don\u2019t come home, that we are going to take care of them.<\/p>\n<p>You know I know we will, because we are and always have been the greatest country that has ever existed.  Why?  Because the goodness and the generosity of America will always take care of the greatness of America.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. President, thank you once again for having me here today.  God bless you.  God bless America.  And remember, we are only the land of the free because of the brave.  Thank you.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Great job.  Thank you, Frank.  Thank you very much, Frank.  Beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>In this hour of need, the world has once again witnessed the unbeatable strength of the United States of America.  All across our land, heroes have raced into action.  Doctors and nurses are enduring sleepless nights to save every possible life.  Farmers, truck drivers, and grocers are working to keep our shelves stocked and our people fed.  Families are helping neighbors in need, and entire communities are rallying together to defeat the plague \u2014 this ugly, horrible plague.<\/p>\n<p>The five Americans we recognize today are the first of a number of individuals we will honor in the coming weeks.  We\u2019re going to be honoring a lot of great people.  Our nation has just completed the \u201c30 Days to Slow the Spread,\u201d during which every American was asked to make sacrifices to help defeat the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Not long ago, models predicted that between 1.5 million and 2.2 million people would have died in the United States without the mitigation.  Through our aggressive response and the remarkable commitment and bravery of American people, we have saved thousands and thousands of lives.  I can even make that, if you want, hundreds of thousands of lives.  People were thinking in terms of 1.5 million lives lost to 2.2 without the mitigation.  And hopefully, we\u2019re going to come in below that 100,000 lives lost, which is a horrible number nevertheless.  It\u2019s a horrible thing.  It could\u2019ve been stopped.  It should\u2019ve been stopped at source, but it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s a tribute to this country and the people of our country what they\u2019ve been able to do and the amount of lives that have been saved.<\/p>\n<p>Because we\u2019ve flattened the curve, slowed the spread, and massively expanded our healthcare capacity, we\u2019re now in the process of gradually reopening our country.  And it\u2019s being done with a tremendous \u2014 a tremendous gusto and vigor.  We see that all the time, don\u2019t we, Frank?  They want to get out there, and they want to get back.  That\u2019s what they want.  They want their country back, and they\u2019re getting it back.  And we\u2019re getting it back safely and we\u2019re getting it back quickly.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a strategy guided by science, evidence, facts, and reason.  A never-ending lockdown would inflict colossal damage on the health and lifespans of our people.  Public health is closely tied to economic health.  No state or country can long ignore the facts and the truth.  And we\u2019re just very proud of the fact that people have put up with so much in order to keep the numbers down to the level.  And it looks like we\u2019ll be having our finished number.<\/p>\n<p>It should be something \u2014 you know, think of it: We could save anywhere from a million to even a million-five.  And, I guess, if you think about it, we could save 2.1, 2.5 million lives, depending on what happens.  And with this invisible enemy, as we said, nobody knows what really happens, but we\u2019ve learned a lot in the last two months.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout our history, it\u2019s America\u2019s love and strength, not its fears and doubts, that have paved the way and paved the road to victory.  Together, we\u2019ll emerge from this chapter of hardship and all of those deaths of such great souls and such great people.  With new unity and resolve, our people will thrive, our industries will roar, our innovators will astonish, and America will try triumph like never before.  And that\u2019s what I feel \u2014 like never before.<\/p>\n<p>We built the greatest economy in the history of the world.  Greatest employment numbers.  Greatest stock market.  Greatest number of jobs.  Any way you want it.  Greatest industries.  Greatest creations.  And one day, we had to close it down.  They said, \u201cSir, we\u2019re going to have to close it down.\u201d  And we did that.  And everybody suffered, but they did an incredible job.<\/p>\n<p>And because of that, we\u2019ve saved maybe millions of lives.  And I just want to thank everybody.  This is a scourge all around the world \u2014 182 countries as of a week ago, so it\u2019s probably higher.  A hundred and eighty-two countries are going through relatively the same thing, and it\u2019s a very sad \u2014 it\u2019s a very sad chapter.  There was no reason for this.  There was no reason for this.  This should\u2019ve been stopped at the source.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019d like to congratulate these incredible five Americans.  And I\u2019d like to ask them to come forward and receive their award and their recognition.  And they deserve it.  And we\u2019ll be watching you throughout your life.  You may be around a little bit longer than me, Mr. Mailman, but I\u2019ll be watching you as long as I can.  I\u2019m watching all of you, and I want to thank you very much.  And to my hometown man, thank you very much.  Thank you, Frank.  Please.<\/p>\n<p>(The awards are presented.)<\/p>\n<p>So, that was great.  And you represent a very important part of this country, and we appreciate it very much.  Thank you very much.  Go have a good day.  Bye.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Thank you very much. It\u2019s a great honor to have you all. I know your stories. I got to read about your stories. In some cases, I knew your story without having to read about it \u2014 from Staten Island. So, thank you all very much. It\u2019s a great honor to have you. 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