Documentary (2014) 54 minutes ~ Color
This is a powerful and emotional film about real American heroes — the brave fallen warriors who gave everything, and the brave families they left behind. The families in the film voluntarily opened their homes to the filmmakers because they wanted to be a voice for their fallen loved ones and remind Americans of the great sacrifices being made to keep our country safe. By watching this film you honor those fallen heroes.
Bringing the Fallen Home is the story of America's fallen warriors, their families and those charged with the solemn responsibility of ensuring dignity and honor to the fallen and care and support to families of the fallen. Giving a voice for family members to tell the story of their fallen loved ones, the documentary recollects their experiences at Dover Air Force Base for the solemn dignified transfer of their loved one's remains. More than 20 family members opened up their homes to the filmmakers to share their heartbreaking and heartwarming stories that remind all Americans of the great sacrifices made every day for America's freedom.
Director: Cliff Springs
Writers: Les Carroll, Cliff Springs
This is a powerful and emotional film about real American heroes — the brave fallen warriors who gave everything, and the brave families they left behind. The families in the film voluntarily opened their homes to the filmmakers because they wanted to be a voice for their fallen loved ones and remind Americans of the great sacrifices being made to keep our country safe. By watching this film you honor those fallen heroes.
Bringing the Fallen Home is the story of America's fallen warriors, their families and those charged with the solemn responsibility of ensuring dignity and honor to the fallen and care and support to families of the fallen. Giving a voice for family members to tell the story of their fallen loved ones, the documentary recollects their experiences at Dover Air Force Base for the solemn dignified transfer of their loved one's remains. More than 20 family members opened up their homes to the filmmakers to share their heartbreaking and heartwarming stories that remind all Americans of the great sacrifices made every day for America's freedom.
Director: Cliff Springs
Writers: Les Carroll, Cliff Springs
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00:30My doorbell rang.
00:45I opened the door and they asked me if I was Danielle Baldwin and I told them no but my
00:53head was shaking yes because I knew what they were going to tell me.
00:58They saw a car that I didn't recognize and so then I looked to the side and I noticed
01:05that there were two uniformed officers on my door.
01:10I remember walking to the door and I kind of got up on my tiptoes and you could look
01:14out that little window over the top and I could see the top of those white hats and
01:18then I knew.
01:19All of a sudden two marines in dress blues came around the corner and all I could say
01:27was no, no.
01:31I was working that day and I was out in the community and I got a text from my boss saying
01:38that I needed to come back to the office and I knew.
01:43I looked at them and I said, was she wounded or is she dead?
01:52They kind of looked away and the one chaplain said, she's passed away.
02:00And then it just out of nowhere I said those words, he's not dead.
02:18We are a nation at war.
02:21War is the price we pay for freedom and the price of freedom is high.
02:27The ledger measured in numbers too costly for most to comprehend.
02:31Machines, weapons, vehicles, technology, territory.
02:37But freedom's most precious expense cannot be calculated.
02:46Ryan was our baby boy.
02:48He was 30 years old when he was killed.
02:51He's the father of two children.
02:55One is now age six and one is now age four.
03:01He was an athlete.
03:03He excelled in school.
03:06He was in boy's day.
03:08He was just an all around good guy.
03:12He's the most generous man I have ever met in my life.
03:16He would give the shirt off his back when he didn't have the shirt to give.
03:24My husband Matt was a U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot and he was in Afghanistan for a deployment
03:31for 2010, 2011.
03:35It was his third deployment.
03:40He was a great husband, very good husband.
03:44We weren't married for very long, only nine months and 19 days before the accident, but
03:49the time that we did have together was wonderful.
03:51He was loving and caring and protective and funny.
03:57He was really funny.
04:00Just an amazing man.
04:03She was energetic, enthusiastic, caring, cared about other people as well as the family.
04:11Loved to be around.
04:13Obviously, we can't describe how much we miss her.
04:20She was passionate about what she wanted to do and I think that I guess the biggest tribute
04:27that I could give to her is that she was doing what she wanted to do and she chose this path
04:34and she enjoyed what she was doing.
04:37She thought she was making a positive difference and she put a lot of punch into 25 short years.
04:47Jeremy, he was the class clown.
04:49I've been called by his teacher and he just kind of interrupted the class so we had a
05:01few talks.
05:02Jeremy was an incredibly warm, open person.
05:06He just had a magnetism to him and it didn't matter who it was, he could just make that
05:12person feel good.
05:14A great leader, just didn't have an enemy really, no matter who it was.
05:22Somebody you were lucky to know.
05:24He always had a smile on his face and it was hard to bring him down.
05:28He just had a really positive energy to him.
05:31He just enjoyed life.