Finding Comfort

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As soon as the tragic news of Capt. Kyle Comfort's death reached Jacksonville, Alabama, the patriotic community sprung into action.

"My daughters came back from school and they heard this news, they came and asked me, what can we do dad. I said I will do whatever it takes," Jacksonville resident Muddu Revanna says.

WIAT-TV reports that the Revanna sisters wrote a letter to the fallen hero and sent it into the sky with balloons. Shanisty Myers' article said the family's efforts, which includes establishing a memorial fund, means the world to the soldier's grieving widow.

"Words will never be able to express what everyone in this community has done it's been amazing," Brook Comfort says.

Capt. Comfort was an elite Army Ranger who completed rigorous training at Georgia's Fort Benning. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that he deployed to Iraq from October 2007 to November 2008, before he was recently ordered to Afghanistan as a platoon leader and fire support officer. Alan Riquelmy's article said the Alabama native had a criminal justice degree from Jacksonville State University.

According to the Department of Defense, Comfort lost his life on May 8 in Afghanistan's Helmand province when terrorists attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to Fort Benning's 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. The Army is saluting the soldier's humility and heroism.

"Kyle was a quiet professional who lived the Ranger Creed," said Col. Michael Kurilla, commander, 75th Ranger Regiment, in a release. "Kyle was loved by all and will be remembered as a hero to our nation, the 75th Ranger Regiment, and his family."

As the Revanna children's letter reaches the heavens, blessings will undoubtedly be sent back down to Comfort's wife, mother, and six-month-old daughter, pictured above with her soldier dad. The road ahead for the Comfort family will not be easy, but it's refreshing to see families like the Revannas stepping up to help them in this solemn time of need. America needs more towns like Jacksonville, Alabama.

Note: The Comfort/Revanna fund has been established in honor of Capt. Kyle Comfort. To donate, please contact ladigamanor@att.net.