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<\/p>\nCayleigh Hinton, age 5, had just turned five when her family learned that her father, Army Sgt. Terrence Hinton, had perished in a military truck crash in Hawaii. <\/p>\n
At the time, he was 36. Terrence had served in Afghanistan and Iraq before to his injury, and he passed away in a truck accident in Oahu, Hawaii. <\/p>\n
The tractor-trailer vehicle, which was being driven by a soldier in his 20s and was hauling heavy machinery, <\/p>\n
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overturned and crashed when the driver lost control of it. It flipped into a culvert after colliding with a railing. <\/p>\n
Terrence, who was in the passenger seat, perished in the collision. It was a nightmare, especially for Jillian Hinton, his wife. <\/p>\n
\u2018It was so unexpected. It was simply mind-blowing for him to complete two tours before passing away in paradise, Jillian said to Today. <\/p>\n
\u2018Even though it’s been nine months, I still sometimes have the impression that he’s deployed. The closer it gets to being final, the more it becomes so.<\/p>\n
Following Terrence’s passing in October, the family relocated to Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, where Cayleigh <\/p>\n
enrolled at Our Lady of Humility School. Thankfully, the instructors were kind and made her feel at ease. For Cayleigh’s sake, nevertheless, a problem had to be solved. <\/p>\n
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Before he died away, Terrence had told his daughter that he would take her to the daddy-daughter dance, but now that he was gone, there was no one to fulfill that promise. <\/p>\n
In order to find someone willing to volunteer to drive Cayleigh to the dance on February 7, 2018, Jillian wrote <\/p>\n
to the Illinois National Guard. The following event was amazing and made everyone’s hearts feel warm. For more information, keep reading. <\/p>\n
When 48-year-old Sgt. Joseph Bierbrodt of the Illinois Army National Guard got the letter, he knew he had to <\/p>\n
do something special for the young girl that evening. He had never met the family, but he offered to help straight away. <\/p>\n
Bierbrodt believed that anyone in the military would provide for his family in the event of his death. He was a father of four with two daughters who were 27 and 16 years old. <\/p>\n
In his military uniform, Bierbrodt arrived at Cayleigh’s house full of enthusiasm and asked if she would go on a date with him. <\/p>\n
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She agreed to his request and he gave her a bouquet and a boutonniere. In addition, he gave her a plush puppy that belonged to his daughters. <\/p>\n
\u2018I didn’t even really have a choice. He told ABC 7 Chicago, \u2018I consider it an honor to be able to do this for her. <\/p>\n
The evening became even more strange when Bierbrodt drove Cayleigh to school in a limousine while being followed by members of the local <\/p>\n
police and fire departments as well as a veterans’ motorcycle club parade. That evening, the child <\/p>\n
and the soldier danced and spun, and she even stood on his toes to do the dance she had meticulously practiced. <\/p>\n
She told ABC 7 Chicago, \u2018I’m quite excellent at it. <\/p>\n
Not just Cayleigh and Bierbrodt were pleased with how everything ended out. Jillian expressed her happiness to the outlet <\/p>\n
about how the day had gone. She heard Cayleigh talking to her late husband and thought he was present. <\/p>\n
Bierbrodt intends to stay in touch with Cayliegh and even prepares to sew her official camouflage clothing. <\/p>\n
He told Today that \u2018the military is a family.\u2019 \u2018We remain a unit.\u2019<\/p>\n