Not really knowing what I was getting into I gladly agreed to attending an event at Josie’s in Port O’Connor this past 9/11. What I found was a bunch of God-honoring patriots that have served their communities as police officers and their country as servicemen. Thanks to the efforts of John Collins (pictured in the middle of the picture above) and his volunteers there has been an effort to host retreats for these officers as well as for our servicemen over the years. John believes strongly in giving these men a “time-out” as they have served their fellowmen well in pouring out their lives out for others. Retreats have included hunting, fishing, and golf tournaments.

This past 9/11 event was a fishing retreat for policemen and soldiers. In the group there were ten soldiers who had been awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded in action and six policemen. Two of the policemen (pictured left John Klesseraht and pictured right T.R. Hughes) were from New York. They were there when 9/11 happened. The 9/11 attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in our history, killing 2,977 people.