Meet the Press

To our surprise, we have been documented by a few different newspapers, back in Florida and here in Israel. Although we (and others who were contacted for the stories) were quite humorously misquoted, it was still an interesting experience to suddenly get contacted by family and friends, old and new, with well wishes for our immigration and our service as lone soldiers in the IDF.

                           The Sun-Sentinel, South Florida

While there are a few jokes we have taken from our brief stint in the press, here are a few funny examples of the misquotes... in Yedioth Achronot, the Israeli newspaper which ran an article on us, they quoted Brett as saying he is "Darren's number one fan" and that he will most "miss the Beaches" in Florida. For those of you who know us, you will know that while Brett and I do have a great friendship, he wouldn't quite go that far, and I think the beach would be last on his list of things he would miss about Florida... somewhere below humidity, hurricanes, and raccoons.

                                         "Brothers in Arms" 
                         Yedioth Achronot newspaper, Israel

We may be unique in that we have done this together as brothers, but there are thousands of people with much more interesting stories than ours who have come here to serve. Many are heroes of ours, many are friends, and we want to recognize them, as well.

A big thank-you to everyone who sent us luck, well wishes, love and support - we have been overwhelmed by the great people in our lives.

And don't believe everything you read! :)

       -    Darren