DANIEL BLUE: MEET DREW SAPIRO >>>

Drew Sapiro moved to downtown Tacoma in July of 2007.  He is currently a staff sergeant in the Air Force stationed at McChord Air Force Base right here on the outskirts of our lovely city. He parks his silver sporty Volvo in the garage of the Court 17 condominiums near the Tacoma Convention Center Downtown and seems to disappear for "work" for several weeks at a time. 

Drew and I have a mutual understanding about the military, we talk about it in respectful tones, each curious as to the others opinions and careful about how we are coming across.  The Fact is, Drew places his life on the line. He is willingly entering into danger.  While neither of us seem sure about the reasons our government has for putting him into that danger, Drew seems sure that he is doing it for people he meets in America. 

I found on a sunny day in the park with a Frisbee that Drew is an empathetic and generally peaceful person.

Some may argue that our way of life isn't worth protecting, but Drew is a real person who is protecting it with his own.  I'm glad I live in a country where our differing opinions don't put us on different sides of the law.  I hope he comes home safe.