{"id":67460,"date":"2024-06-06T23:35:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T23:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/zelensky-shares-emotional-moment-with-u-s-veteran-at-d-day-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T23:35:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T23:35:15","slug":"zelensky-shares-emotional-moment-with-u-s-veteran-at-d-day-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/zelensky-shares-emotional-moment-with-u-s-veteran-at-d-day-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Shares Emotional Moment With U.S. Veteran at D-Day Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The emotional exchange was broadcast on large screens to applause from the thousands who had gathered at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. And then it swiftly reverberated across the internet.<\/p>\n

An American World War II veteran in a blue cap, seated in a wheelchair with a blue blanket draped over his lap, was introduced to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine by Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re the savior of the people,\u201d the veteran, Melvin Hurwitz, 99, of Frederick, Md., told Mr. Zelensky<\/a> after pulling the Ukrainian leader into an embrace. \u201cYou bring tears to my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no, no, you saved Europe,\u201d Mr. Zelensky responded.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re our hero,\u201d Mr. Hurwitz, whose identity was confirmed by a great-niece, Sarah Hurwitz Robey, said moments later, as Mr. Zelensky knelt next to him for a photograph.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n