Was that so hard?

I, like any good Canadian, have a special spot in my heart for our war veterans. My interests and studies have heightened my perception of what it means to be a veteran--what kinds of sacrifices, what kinds of things, good and awful, a veteran may have been exposed to. Those kinds of scars don't just go away. These, now old, Canadians have carried them around all these years so that we could live the way we do today.
That brings me to this article from today's Star.

Too bad Kingston needed a little push from its community in the first place--but lucky them to have such thoughtful residents!

66 years later, vet given bus pass
Nov. 23, 2005. 11:30 AM
FROM CANADIAN PRESS
KINGSTON - The wheels on the bus finally look set to go round and round for an 89-year-old war veteran in Kingston, Ont.
Seems like Ambrose Kirkpatrick, who was a city bus driver, was promised a free bus pass when the Second World War broke out and he enlisted in 1939.
He says he was told all drivers who signed up for service would be given a free bus pass when they returned.
Two months ago, Kirkpatrick had to give up his driver's licence because of failing eyesight, so he asked for the pass and was turned down.
After strong responses from the community, the city's new veterans committee is now recommending council grant the request, which should happen Dec. 6.
Two weeks ago, Kirkpatrick found 80 bus tickets stuffed in an envelope left inside his door by a woman who read about his ordeal in the newspaper.
And three Queen's University staffers wanted to buy Kirkpatrick three months' worth of passes.
Also, the honorary consul for The Netherlands in Kingston gave him a six-month supply of bus tickets and a Thank You Canada war medal.