Brothers Step In For Late Military Father At Daddy-Daughter Dance

A proud widow shared the wholesome moment her son stepped in and took his little sister to her first daddy-daughter dance after their military father lost his life while on duty. Hope Harrison, 46, from Gilbert, Arizona, had always worried about the day her daughter Heaven, five, would receive such an invite – but given that Heaven is in preschool, she expected it to come later. However, the mom-of-four admitted her "heart sank" when Heaven came home one day with the invite. Heaven's father, Dustin Harrison, was an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pilot and would undertake top secret missions with the military on behalf of private companies. But in January 2020, Dustin's base, in Manda Bay, Kenya, was overrun by Al-Shabaab terrorists, resulting in Dustin – who sacrificed himself to save others – and two more Americans losing their lives. The years that followed have been tough on Heaven, Hope said, so she was worried about the invitation – until her middle son, Jeremiah, 24, who has the most flexible schedule of his siblings, stepped in.

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