After Lou and his wife ordered, the young men sprung into action. Lou was just enjoying his meal quietly when one of the young men came over and stood at Lou’s table.
“I stood up,” Lou recalled as he came eyeball-to-eyeball with the young guy.
The young man threw out his hand wanted to thank Lou for his sacrifice.
The gesture caught Lou by surprise; after all, it isn’t the type of scene that unfolds at dining establishments every day.
Lou thought it ended there, until the rest of the group stood up and expressed their gratitude.
“I knew they were military by their haircuts — high and tight,” Lou said, explaining how he knew they were service members.
In fact, the young men were Marines.
And as I mentioned, it didn’t stop with one handshake.
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