Memorial Day Memory

A message from Staff Sergeant Anthony Wagner plays on the FirstEnergy Stadium scoreboard during a commercial break. But Wagner, who had been stationed in Afghanistan for nine months, had a surprise in store.

Sprinting out of the tunnel with American flags waving behind him, Wagner was met in the end zone by a leaping bear hug and tears of joy from Jaelyn and Austin. The emotional embrace didn't leave a dry eye in the stadium.

Sprinting out of the tunnel with American flags waving behind him, Wagner was met in the end zone by a leaping bear hug and tears of joy from Jaelyn and Austin. The emotional embrace didn't leave a dry eye in the stadium.

Sprinting out of the tunnel with American flags waving behind him, Wagner was met in the end zone by a leaping bear hug and tears of joy from Jaelyn and Austin. The emotional embrace didn't leave a dry eye in the stadium.

Sprinting out of the tunnel with American flags waving behind him, Wagner was met in the end zone by a leaping bear hug and tears of joy from Jaelyn and Austin. The emotional embrace didn't leave a dry eye in the stadium.

"That day will always be something special for me and my kids," said Wagner. "It's one of those tingly feelings that's almost impossible to describe."

"That day will always be something special for me and my kids," said Wagner. "It's one of those tingly feelings that's almost impossible to describe."

"That day will always be something special for me and my kids," said Wagner. "It's one of those tingly feelings that's almost impossible to describe."

"That day will always be something special for me and my kids," said Wagner. "It's one of those tingly feelings that's almost impossible to describe."

"That day will always be something special for me and my kids," said Wagner. "It's one of those tingly feelings that's almost impossible to describe."

"That day will always be something special for me and my kids," said Wagner. "It's one of those tingly feelings that's almost impossible to describe."

"You deploy for so long and it's tough on everybody," Wagner said. "I wanted to do something my family would never forget."

"You deploy for so long and it's tough on everybody," Wagner said. "I wanted to do something my family would never forget."