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Motorcycle club helps with
inappropriate bill for diseased veteran
By the Staff of Clutch and
Chrome
March 26th, 2008
News of an unpaid bill for
a towed motorcycle at a memorial service in Florida for a
former marine was enough for the Vietnam Brotherhood to step
in and help out.
The captain of the honor
guard for the Vietnam Brotherhood, Donald Pedriali was at
the memorial service for a former Marine when he learned the
young man's family faced a $232 bill for towing the
deceased's motorcycle from the intersection near where he
died.
Knowing America owed the fallen marine's family some sort of
debt, Pedriali and the Vietnam Brotherhood stepped forward
to pay the bill.
As reported on Clutch and
Chrome, former marine Eric Hall, 24, disappeared from his
home near Port Charlotte on Feb. 3 during a flashback that
many are attributing to his service in Iraq. His motorcycle
was found later that day, lying on its side and still
running.
In the course of the
investigation the motorcycle was towed to the Charlotte
County Sheriff's Office impound lot. Officials are claiming
that due to a scrapped off registration code and paperwork
not associating the motorcycle with the missing marine,
Eric's parents, Kevin and Becky Hall, received the bill for
the towing the day their son's body was identified. The body
was found March 9 inside a drainage pipe near the
intersection where the motorcycle was found.
It is noted that no fee's
were charged for storage at the impound lot.
Becky Hall, Eric's mother,
has said local veterans groups were instrumental in the
search for Eric. After the bill was settled, the motorcycle
ended up with Eric's cousin in Florida, who plans to
customize it.
In the meantime, Eric's
mother plans to fight for the mental health of returning
veterans from the Iraq War.
The Vietnam Brotherhood
will continue to honor military veterans. |
