Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. -- Gretchen Bergquist, Miss Nebraska 2008, thanks Senior Airman Jessica Hay, a cryptological student with the 338th Combat Training Squadron, for her military service and for donating blood at the Patriot Day blood drive at the Community Center here Sept. 11. Miss Nebraska stopped by the blood drive hosted by the American Red Cross to show her support. The Patriot Day observance was established in December 2001 to remember and honor the victims of Sept. 11. On Sept. 11 alone, Team Offutt members donated over 100 units of blood. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Kendra Williams)
Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. -- Staff Sgt. Joel Pipkin, a technical controller with the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron, waits as Luis Marcos, an American Red Cross automated collection specialist, prepares him for a double red blood cell donation. The Red Cross hosted a blood drive at the Community Center here Sept. 11 and 12 as part of Patriot Day, in remembrance of the victims of Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Kendra Williams)
Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. -- 1st Lt. Kyle Singer holds hands with his wife, 2nd Lt. Nicole Singer while donating blood at the Community Center here Sept. 11. The American Red Cross hosted the blood drive Sept. 11 and 12 as part of Patriot Day, in remembrance of the victims of Sept. 11, 2001. On Sept. 11 alone, Team Offutt members donated over 100 units of blood. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Kendra Williams)