Stirring moment high school students sing the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ as a uniformed Army private escorts remains of WWII soldier off plane

July 28, 2016 in News by RBN Staff

 

 

Source: Daily Mail | By LIAM QUINN

  • A heartwarming tribute to fallen WWII soldier has been captured on camera
  • Group of students sang as the soldier’s remains were escorted off a plane 
  • The singers were part of the Iowa Ambassadors of Music Choir 
  • They sang ‘glory, glory hallelujah’, from ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’
  • A passenger on the plane filmed it and shared the footage on Facebook

 

A woman has captured the heartwarming moment a high school choir sang ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ as a uniformed Army private escorted the remains of a World War II veteran off a plane.

The touching tribute took place on a plane that traveled from Germany to Atlanta on July 18.

‘Glory, glory hallelujah,’ the group of students – who were part of the Iowa Ambassadors of Music Choir – sang after the pilot announced the uniformed Army private was exiting the plane first. 


Students serenade WW2 soldier’s remains escorted off plane


 

A student choir has been captured on camera giving a heartwarming tribute to a fallen WWII soldier, as a uniformed Army private escorted his remains off a plane in Atlanta
A student choir has been captured on camera giving a heartwarming tribute to a fallen WWII soldier, as a uniformed Army private escorted his remains off a plane in Atlanta


 

A man can be seen at the front of the group acting as the conductor, while other passengers turn to watch the performance.

Once the song finishes people on-board were seen giving the choir a round of applause.

Diane Cupp, who filmed the stirring rendition and posted it on Facebook, wrote about the ‘beautiful’ act.

‘On our flight from Germany there was a Army private in uniform that so happen to be escorting the remains of a WWII Soldier back home to Houston,’ Cupp wrote.

‘The pilot announced he would be exiting the plane first, as he got up to leave there were a group of young people who had been on tour in Europe all of a sudden they broke out singing Glory Hallelujah.

‘Listen how beautiful!! Will bring a tear to your eye.’

Since it was posted, the video has quickly gone viral and racked up more than 130,000 views.

‘That was beautiful it made my day,’ one person wrote after watching the clip.

‘Wow! That’s amazingly beautiful!’ another said.