; The Media Missed this one!!!!  (BIG SURPRISE)

       

               

        Subject: Denzel Washington, and

                    Brooks Army Medical Center

       

        Don't know whether you heard about this

        but Denzel Washington and his family visited

        the troops at Brook Army Medical Center, in

        San Antonio,Texas (BAMC) the other day. This

        is where soldiers who have been evacuated from

        Germany come to be hospitalized in the United

        States, especially burn victims. There are some

        buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher

        House is a Hotel where soldiers' families can stay,

        for little or no charge, while their soldier is staying

        in the Hospital. BAMC has quite a few of these houses

        on base, but as you can imagine, they are almost filled

        most of the time.

        While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave

        him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how

        much one of them would cost to build. He took his check

        book out and wrote a check for the full amount right there

        on the spot. The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear

        this story and want to get the word out to the American

        public, because it warmed their hearts to hear it.


        Why do Alec Baldwin, Madonna, Sean Penn and other Hollywood types  

        make front page news with their anti-everything

        America crap and Denzel Washington's Patriotism

        doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of

        any newspaper except the Local newspaper in San

        Antonio.
       

Urban Legend. Check Snopes. He did make a big donation though.

This one comes up every couple of months or so

Snopes

very interesting.

anyone got a link?

i liked his movies and would feel pretty good buying some more if this is true.

eta: well, it's true enough for me!

I wouldn't call it an urban myth, more of an urban exaggeration.

IBTL

hey spent a good bit of time at walter reed and i don't think he refused pix with anyone. kept it hush-hush, too. i never heard mention of it in the local news.

ETA: oh yeah, d00p!!!