The good Samaritan and the Marines

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 22, 2006 04:53 PM

The Christmas spirit is alive and well:

As far as Stacey Kible is concerned, Santa drives a Ford Windstar.

Kible was despairing that her son Matt Kible, a 20-year-old Marine, would not make it home for Christmas. Matt, who is stationed in Japan, was stranded at San Francisco International Airport. He was told that he probably wouldn’t be able to get a flight to Denver until Christmas Day.

Matt Kible met three fellow Marines at the airport, all of them trying to get back to Denver. Two were returning from Iraq.

The four young Marines commiserated that they might not be able to be with their families at Christmas. None of them was old enough to rent a car, and the blizzard that descended on Denver seemed about to ruin their plans.

“Our hopes and dreams were shot when they told us we couldn’t get home for Christmas Eve,” said Chris Redlin, a 21-year-old Marine from Aurora who is also stationed at Okinawa.

Then a stranger came bearing gifts.

“We thought we were out of luck, and then this guy named Paul, out of nowhere, just walked up to us,” Matt Kible said. “He said he lives in Englewood and could rent a car.”

Read the rest of the story from the Rocky Mountain News.

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