First lady Jill Biden honors caregiving children of wounded veterans, hails the “hidden helpers” who are “growing up in the shadow of 20 years of war.” “All of you are serving and sacrificing in your own way.'
The Associated Presswent right into teacher mode Wednesday as she honored “hidden heroes” — the children and caregivers of injured U.S. troops.
Biden said she often visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2009, when wars were raging in Afghanistan and Iraq. One wife and mother, Sylvia Lopez, spoke of how her children have helped with their father's illness, adding that they have places to hide when their dad has flashbacks.
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