CEO Pays for Military Members to Fly Home for Christmas, Sparking Generous Trend: 'Anybody Could Do This'

Will Maule : Dec 9, 2019
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"He’s a private first class. That’s a $3000 ticket. I’m guessing that’s probably 20 percent of his paycheck for the whole year, just for that plane ticket home. He was not going to get home for Christmas if someone didn’t step in." -Ed Roshitsh

[Faithwire.com] The CEO of a software company has offered to pay the flight fare of five active service members so that they can spend Christmas with their families. (Image: Pixabay /via Faithwire)

The whole thing began when North Carolina tech entrepreneur Ed Roshitsh posted on professional networking site "LinkedIn" with an offer to help military personnel get home of the holidays.

"Active duty US armed forces member who can’t afford to fly home for holidays? I will personally pay for five random service member’s airfare home," he wrote. "Share and have the hero DM me. I will pull five names out of a hat on Dec. 3rd."

Ed told WBTV that 18 hours went by without a single request for funds. Then, suddenly, the messages came flooding in... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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