Gary Sinise

And they knew that I was active and doing a lot, going overseas and that kind of thing.

They contacted me and said, we want to do this again next year.

And would you get involved in it?

And they showed me the videotape of the children.

These are all children that have lost a mom or a dad.

And it was very moving.

It was very moving to me.

And I had actually been involved with the Intrepid Foundation

wanting to try to do something for children of our fallen heroes.

That never quite got started and got off the ground.

So all of a sudden this event comes and I'm seeing all these happy kids at Disney lane.

And I said, I want to, I want to help that.

So I got involved the next year.

I brought, I volunteered to, uh, go to the event at Disneyland, uh, brought my band, donated my band, played a concert for the kids.

Um, and it was so moving, you know, you see these kids and they got t-shirts and they're falling here.

Oh, dad is on the t-shirt or buttons or whatever.

And they're right in front of me, these little kids.

And I'm playing music for them.

I'm trying to lift them up, make them feel good, never having fun.

And so I, uh, the following year I'd,