A dedicated dad was training 1,700 miles from home at Travis Air Force Base in California when his nine-year-old daughter was scheduled to participate in a daddy-daughter cheer for the cheerleading squad.Nine-year-old Addie Rodriguez was in tears when she knew that her father was not going to be able to make the special event because he was thousands of miles away from home training for the military to defend American freedom and democracy.
However, Addie, who participates in cheerleading at St. John Bosco Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, really wanted her father to attend the daddy-daughter event.
However, her father, Abel Rodriguez, was training at the time. He is a senior airman who has risked his life fighting in the name of America across the world, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.