As the bossman likes to say: “Make It Happen!“

It’s been three days since we took the trip to Washington, D.C. with the Grand Strand veterans, and I am still trying to wrap my head around it.
I can honestly say it was one of the true honors and privileges of my young life to watch these gentlemen drop right back into the ranks of brotherhood and reminisce about their years serving overseas, all in the backdrop of a fall day in our nation’s capital.
I hope our stories (that aired on News13 at 5, 6, and 11 on Monday night) reflect what we experience, and anything I didn’t capture there I tried to convey through my narrated slideshow, posted to scnow.com on Sunday afternoon.
I have to say, with little hesitation, that stories like this bring out the best in News13 and scnow.com.
When I returned Saturday night, one of our Interactive Media Division folks asked me to narrate a few of the pictures we had taken.
I declined, because I was so tired, promising—vaguely—to do it sometime later.
When I woke up late Sunday morning, I couldn’t get the thought of doing that slideshow out of my head.
Only when I saw it posted online did I realize the power of what we can do.
By combining our website’s resources, the standard TV format, and even by just typing out an article based on my story, we truly showcased this extra-special event.
The IMD folks continue to encourage these types of productions, and when I commented to the same person that I am glad he understood my initial reluctance to put the slideshow together, he said something to the effect of, “See! It’s easy!”
It is easy, but it is effective, and it remains our goal to showcase stories like these on the personal level, by sharing those personal experiences—in this case, one veteran at a time—to share with our viewers, clickers, and readers what it is we saw.

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