VETERAN SUPPORTER OF THE YEAR
Coach Tim Wooer Kingsley Stags Football – by Kiersten Gunsberg
Photos by Karen S Lueck at amomentcaptured.net
Veteran Supporter of the Year: Coach Tim Wooer
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arine Sgt. Justin Hansen was only 26 when he was killed in action while pursuing a high value target on July 24th, 2012. Though the encounter was fatal, Justin’s last mission proved to be integral to taking down a bomb maker who was responsible for many U.S. casualties in Afghanistan. A member of the Second Marine Special Operations Battalion, Special Operations Command serving overseas, Sgt. Hansen had told his loved ones that if he were to give his life while serving his country, he wanted his former football coach, Tim Wooer, to give his eulogy. So, on a sweltering August afternoon, Tim stood before all those who loved Justin and did just that in the gymnasium where he’d once mentored the fallen soldier. Justin’s mother, Vickie Hays, knew the Kingsley Stag’s football coach and GATHER Veterans – 12
