PGR_NTX Patriot Guard A Gary Maddux Story

[Mission Information For North Texas PGR]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

As it is Memorial Day I thought it was fitting that I share with you a story
that a few are familiar with and some are not and it has to do with our
friend and late PGR brother and Veteran Gary Maddux.

 

Almost immediately after Gary's accident that night a lady, a fellow
motorist, stopped at the scene.  She didn't witness the collision itself but
was there very, very soon after.  She went over to Gary to see if she could
help him but found that there was nothing she could do.  She stayed at the
scene and did her best and did everything a responsible citizen should do in
such a circumstance.  But she didn't stop there.  She wanted to keep up with
what happened to the person she later found out was Gary and wanted to make
sure that he wasn't alone in this world and that he would be properly cared
for.  She was relieved when she found out that he did have a loving and
caring family and she also learned about the PGR.  She contacted us shortly
after the accident via one of our riders and we let Rita know about her,
etc.  Her name is Sara.

 

As it happens, Sara was planning a trip in the not too distant future to
Washington, D.C. and was, as a part of that trip, going to see the Wall.
She asked if it was OK if she did a little something for Gary at the wall
and found that it was, indeed, OK.  She has completed that trip, just very
recently returning, and she sent a photo of what she did for Gary.  The
photo first, of course, went to Gary's family and I asked Sara's permission
if I could tell a little of her story and share the photo with the North
Texas riders and she has given her permission.

 

That photo is attached to this message.

 

So as we remember during this Memorial Day weekend, here is a great
remembrance of Gary.  It was done by a stranger.  Someone who had never seen
him before that tragic night.  Sara doesn't ride a motorcycle, she's not in
the PGR, doesn't know the family, or any of that.  She's just a very nice,
kind and first class individual who was concerned for her fellow man when
she saw him in distress and cared enough in her heart to want to make sure
he was properly cared for.

 

I have thanked Sara repeatedly for all of us and she is a very humble lady.
I have told her how proud we all are of her.  I am confident that this brief
story of her truly selfless acts will inspire you as it does me.

 

It's a story I thought you'd all like to know.

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Steve Lucas

Deputy State Captain

North Texas PGR
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