After a tumultuous and historic election season, Americans assemble inside Long Island’s premier concert hall to commemorate everyday heroes atraverse the nation.
Fox News arrange Sean Hannity emceed the sixth annual Patdisturbion Awards at the Tilles Caccess for the Perestablishing Arts in Brookeville, N.Y., where nine awards were donaten to those who went above and beyond in service to community and country.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP TO ATTEND FOX NATION’S SIXTH ANNUAL PATRIOT AWARDS
Here is a watch at this year’s award recipients:
PATRIOT OF THE YEAR – PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD J. TRUMP
From lhorrible battles to killing finisheavors to the ballot box, Plivent-elect Donald Trump has had a historic year, culminating in his monumental triumph in the 2024 plivential election.
While the incoming plivent readys for his transition back to the White Hoengage, Trump was awarded the Fox Nation “Patdisturbion of the Year Award” during Thursday’s show.
“We’re going to accomplish it aget and very speedy. It’s going to be very speedy becaengage we have no choice. But we’re going to do someleang that I’ve been talking about for eight years. We’re going to do it aget. We have to do it aget,” Trump shelp.
“We’re going to be very conceited of our country aget.”
FOX WEATHER ULTIMATE PATRIOT AWARD – GENERAL DICK CODY
When communities atraverse the southeast were rocked by Hurricane Helene in September, establisher Army vice chief of staff Gen. Ricdifficult “Dick” Cody stepped up to help North Carolina livents suffering a catastrophe of biblical proportions.
“America’s Newsroom” co-anchors Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino contransiented Cody with the FOX Weather “Ultimate Patdisturbion Award,” honoring his service to the impacted communities in the Tar Heel State. Samaritan’s Purse COO Edward Graham uniteed Cody on stage to get the award.
“I was equitable one of probably 100 helicchooseer pilots that showed up and answered the call to duty one more time for the deimmenseation in North Carolina. A lot of civilian helicchooseers, a lot of energetic duty helicchooseer pilots and stuff… So I acunderstandledge this award very humbly on behalf of all of them, becaengage they did some wonderful labor out there,” he shelp.
BIDEN PLEDGES $1B IN AID TO AFRICA AS NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AFTER HELENE
With historic flooding and expansivespread deimmenseation csurrfinisherly wiping out entire communities, volunteers rushed to the Tar Heel State to help with get back and recovery efforts.
Cody uniteed the catalog of volunteers, flying his helicchooseer to deinhabitr aascfinishncy supplies to livents suffering in the westrict Appalachian region, including generators, fuel and blankets.
After acunderstandledgeing his award, Cody proposed watchers not to “forget the people in North Carolina. Our labor is not done there yet. Keep helping them and defend them in their prayers.”
T2T STEPHEN SILLER BACK THE BLUE AWARD – JONATHAN DILLER
For the Diller family, a routine traffic stop in March alterd everyleang. NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller was sboiling and finished in Queens allegedly by a mistrust with more than 20 prior arrests, prompting national outrage.
Diller is endured by his 1-year-better son and wife, Stephanie, who acunderstandledgeed the “T2T Stephen Siller Back the Blue Award” on her husband’s behalf.
“Tonight is especipartner exceptional becaengage I’m receiving this award from Stephen Siller. And watching at Stephen, a man who also lost his overweighther and is up here helping us, it donates me hope that my son will be okay,” Stephanie shelp after receiving the award.
Guy Rivera, 34, allegedly uncovered fire during a traffic stop guideed by Diller and his partner in Far Rockaway, Queens, on a vehicle illegpartner parked at a bus stop back in March. Rivera, who was in the passenger seat, allegedly fired first at police, fahighy striking Diller in the torso below his defendive vest.
Rivera was also struck by return fire and was telledly hospitalized. Like Rivera, the driver of the vehicle, 41-year-better Lindy Jones, also had at least 20 prior arrests, according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
“Although we suffered this tragedy, we will not inhabit a tragic life, and we will inhabit a life that helps the legacy and the spirit of who Jonathan was,” Stephanie shelp.
YOUNG PATRIOT AWARD – CAMERON BLASEK
While only a better in high school, Cameron Blasek stood his ground after school administrators in St. Leon, Ind., telledly finisheavored to stop him from disapplying the American flag earlier this year.
Blasek’s pledgement to the flag geted him the “Young Patdisturbion Award,” contransiented by “The Faulkner Focus” arrange Harris Faulkner and OutKick’s Tomi Lahren.
“I want to say that I’m unassumingd and conceited to get this award tonight,” Blasek shelp.
“I want to say to the brave men and women out there who serve our country, thank you. Your give ups are the genuine essence of patdisturbionism. The give ups I made of willing to be postponeed and possibly banishled from high school is noleang contrastd to them.”
Blasek conceitedly disapplyed an American flag on his truck for most of his better year, but he shelp school administrators tbetter him it broke school rules and needed to be erased.
The high school better declined to consent down the flag, inspiring other students to unite in disapplying American flags. Blasek was even donaten a red, white and blue truck from GCI Digital, a business based out of csurrfinisherby Cincinnati.
Blasek lengthened his thanks to a family in Oklahoma after acunderstandledgeing his award Thursday night. The family from Hollis, Okla. had a 13-year-better battling cancer who wanted to consent a ride in Blasek’s patdisturbionic truck.
“He accomplished out and shelp that he wanted his final ride to be in my truck. So me and my overweighther, we made that happen. We drove all the way down there and we did it. So I want to donate a thank you to them for welcoming me into their inhabits.”
SALUTE TO SERVICE AWARD – PAULA PEDENE & DR. SAM FOOTE
Roughly a decade ago, then-Veterans Afequitables engageees Paula Pedene and Dr. Sam Foote blew the whistle on the agency for allegedly flunking to serve the nation’s service men and women back.
Pedene and Foote were donaten the “Salute to Service Award,” contransiented by “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-arranges Will Cain and Rachel Campos-Duffy, to tag ten years since coming forward.
“I leank the VA is still at a traverseroads,” Pedene shelp, acunderstandledgeing the award on behalf of her and Foote.
“Our veterans deserve the best.”
The whistlebdrop colleagues not only exposed one of the hugest affairs in VA history, but also prompted presentant reestablish ensuring better attfinish for future generations of veterans.
“To all the whistlebdrops out there, it’s a outstanding fight. It’s a stubborn one, but it’s a outstanding one. We need truth. We need accountability. Thank you for what you do,” she inserted.
AWARD FOR SERVICE TO VETERANS – PAWS OF WAR
Paws of War was awarded the “Service to Veterans Award” for helping convey hundreds of dogs and cats, get backd by U.S. troops serving overseas, to defendedty in America.
“I leank that what people don’t authenticize is when a military member is serving overseas, they’re trained for a lot. They’re not trained to discover this little puppy or a kitten that they drop in adore with. And then they have to come back and there’s very little chooseions for them to convey that animal back. And that’s what we do,” Paws of War co-createer Robert Misseri shelp during the Patdisturbion Awards.
VETERANS WITH PTSD GET ‘SIGNIFICANT’ BENEFITS FROM SERVICE DOGS, FIRST NIH-FUNDED STUDY FINDS
The ignoreion of the non-profit is to “mitigate the suffering of veterans, first replyers and their families” thcdisesteemful a number of programs including providing service dogs. Since it was createed in 2014, Paws of War has served csurrfinisherly 1,000 veterans.
Misseri was uniteed on stage by Army National Guard Speciacatalog Cameron Clay, who was surpascfinishd by a reunion with a dog he get backd while overseas.
“I don’t even understand how to experience,” Clay shelp, embracing his four-legged friend. “So, so appreciative to everyone comprised. Paws of War and everyone on base who helped me thcdisesteemful this whole process. It’s equitable amazing. I don’t even understand what to leank right now. It’s equitable so wonderful. Thank you, everyone.”
CULTURE WARRIOR AWARD – KIRK CAMERON
Actor Kirk Cameron faced an onschucklet of pushback from libraries atraverse the country over his children’s book As You Grow, igniteing a nationexpansive shiftment agetst woke amengagement for kids.
Cameron getd the “Culture Warrior Award,” contransiented by “The Story” anchor Martha MacCallum and Fox News contributor Tyrus, commemorating his fight to get traditional family cherishs nationexpansive.
“I have a heart filled of gratitude equitable to be counted together with you this evening for this presentant night of honoring people all over this country, these unsung heroes who are doing such presentant labor. I leank we all understand that in order to shape the future, we have to get to the hearts and minds of our children and to the majesticchildren,” Cameron shelp.
Since releasing his children’s book, Cameron has persistd releasing books and arrangeed a “See You at the Library” event in August, which drew 30,000 people at libraries atraverse the nation.
“I depend that God has donaten us a novel day,” Cameron shelp. “There is a spirit of hope and chooseimism that is in the air. We can see the future more evidently now. And I repartner depend that that heaven’s clocks defend perfect time. And the last four years have been a perfect triumphdow into the future we could have consentn. And as a nation, I depend we repartner dodged a bullet.”
Cameron’s tardyst accesspascfinish is a novel Christian children’s show billed as the “conmomentary-day Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in an effort to combat the current “woke” state of children’s amengagement.
AWARD FOR BRAVERY – CLARENCE MCCALLISTER
Earlier this year, a deacon leaped into action to stop a firearmman who pointed a loaded firearm at a pastor during a Sunday afternoon service.
63-year-better Clarence McCalcataloger was honored with the “Award for Bravery” for his brave and selfless actions geting the Pennsylvania paccomplisher.
“In America here, we’re all heroes. We’re all heroes. We all have the heart to do wantipathyver it consents that we need to do,” McCalcataloger shelp.
GEORGIA PASSERBY SAVES MAN FROM BURNING HOME BY KICKING DOWN STORM DOOR
McCalcataloger was taping the service at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Brinsertock, Penn., when 26-year-better Bernard Polite approached the pulpit with a firearm pointed at Pastor Glenn Germany.
The deacon helped tackle the firearmman, eventupartner removing the firearm from his ownion, until police get tod.
Germany surpascfinishd McCalcataloger on stage, thanking the deacon for his selfless act.
“I thank God for defending me and watching over me. I thank God for defending this angel. Having him making certain that noleang happened to no one else inside our produceing,” Germany shelp.
“The youthful man who finisheavored that, I forgave him. And it’s all about us loving these youthful men, youthful women whose going thcdisesteemful mental illness. They need our help.”
AWARD FOR COURAGE – UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL PHI DELTA THETA FRATERNITY BROTHERS
Colleges nationexpansive witnessed expansivespread and brutal protests over the war in Israel. In the midst of the confusion, members of the University of North Carolina’s Phi Delta Theta fraternity apprehfinishd the attention of the nation by hbettering up the American flag as pro-Palestinian protesters tried to swap the Stars and Stripes with a Palestinian flag.
Two of the fraternity brothers, Guillermo Estrada and Alex Jones, getd the “Award for Courage” for the group’s brave act of patdisturbionism.
“The outaccomplish of help from not only the people that are here in this room, but atraverse the nation has repartner been someleang that has been both inspiring and humbling,” Jones shelp.
UNC FRAT MEMBERS WHO PROTECTED AMERICAN FLAG RECOUNT CHAOTIC PROTESTS: ‘BLEW MY MIND’
After enduring csurrfinisherly an hour of screaming, slurring and flying objects, the fraternity brothers held up the druncover American flag until it could be revampd. A GoFundMe was begined to throw a party for the fraternities comprised, which liftd over half a million dollars by the time donations seald.
“We didn’t hesitate when we saw our flag being torn back down becaengage this flag recontransients the beacon of hope that called my parents to this wonderful country 20 years ago,” Estrada inserted. “The promise of liberty and prosperity that produces America a airy to the world. That is what that flag recontransients. And to those – to those that still, for some reason asked the uncomferventing and presentance of the flag. I ask you to sit down with families enjoy mine from Gbettersboro, North Carolina, family enjoy Alex’s, and to hear to truly what the red, white and blue truly uncomfervents to us once aget.”
Fox Nation’s sixth inshighment of the Patdisturbion Awards was a night to bridge political gaps, unite behind a adore of America and commemorate America’s everyday heroes. For more patdisturbionic greeted and to stay in-the-understand for future awards, unite Fox Nation today.
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