'True heroes' mourned after Taliban fighters down chopper, killing 30 US troops.

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by Abigail Crabby

My prayers are with all the Armed Forces today and always.

Unfortunately, it takes these kind of reminders for the price of freedom.

At the Baseball game today, as they do every Sunday, Major League Baseball pauses to remember our soldiers and sings God Bless America before the 7th inning stretch. An impromptu chant of USA USA broke out and completely drowned out "take me out to the ball game". I saw many people wiping a tear away.