Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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A customized cart created to carry the remains of our Nation's fallen heroes will make a brief stop Sunday, May 11 in Tehachapi. A procession of motorcycle riders, led by the Patriot Guard Riders, will be escorting an Alaskan Airlines truck with a special cart in tow known as Alaskan Airlines "Fallen Soldier Cart." The escort will make a brief stop at Love's Travel Stop for fuel around 9:25 a.m. The remains of our nation's fallen service members travel home aboard an aircraft in flag-draped...
It's been almost a year since more than 70 motorcycles rumbled into the Tehachapi Love's Travel Stop, escorting an Alaska Airlines truck with a special cart in tow. A crowd of fascinated onlookers, cheering and waving American flags, had lined the sidewalks and parking lot to greet the procession. Veterans, youth groups, and members of the community had come to witness the transfer of a special cart known as Alaska Airlines "Fallen Soldier Cart". The turnout in Tehachapi was reported by one...
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have sadly cost the lives of over 6,600 U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines. These fallen heroes have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The remains of those fallen travel home aboard aircraft in flag-draped coffins to their final resting place. It was during this journey home when Alaska Airlines baggage handlers and mechanics felt there needed to be a more dignified process for the off-load and transfer of these fallen soldiers. In 2011 these...
