colonel mannion wrote, quote: through travis mannion foundation, i have gained thousands of sons andhe living legacy of our country's enduring spirit, of duty and honor, we are honored to have retired colonel the tom mannion with us right now, the father of travis mannion. colonel, our deep thanks for your service and for your son's service, of course. our sincere sympathies at his loss are. >> thanks, eric. eric: of course. but what you and your family have gone through has put you on a new mission with this foundation. how did it start? >> well, you know, i heard you talk about me starting the foundation, it was actually my wife that started the foundation right after we lost our son travis. and, unfortunately, we lost her five years after we lost travis, and my daughter stepped in to lead the foundation, and she's working there now with a great group of young people. and as you mentioned in the introduction, a lot of inspirational veterans and families of the fallen. you know, the movement's just really spreading across the country. we've got at this point over 120 to ,000 members