Rick Perry Reveals The Ross Perot He Could Only Talk About Once He Was Gone

Energy Secretary Rick Perry shared a story about Ross Perots generosity to wounded veterans after the Texas billionaire passed away.

The story, an op-ed titled “Rick Perry: Now that Ross Perot is gone, I can tell this story,” appeared in the Dallas Morning News Friday.

“This week, the nation remembers Ross Perot for his success in business, his two independent White House bids and his no-nonsense, straight Texas talk,” Perry wrote. “[T]here is another little-known part of the life of Ross Perot that should be told now that he is gone. He was a tireless, but private, supporter of our wounded veterans.”

Perry described what Perot did for the family of Army Cpl. Alan Babin Jr. after he was shot in the abdomen while serving in Iraq in 2003.

In addition to Babin Jr.s grave injuries, meningitis and a stroke-induced coma had devastated his neurological recovery and left him wheelchair-bound and physically incapacitated.

Visiting Babin Jr. in Austin, Texas, one year after his injury, Perry, who was governor of Texas at the time, asked the veterans mother Rosie Babin how he could help. She mentioned not knowing how she would transport her son back and forth to the doctor given his condition.

An incredibly heart-warming story about Ross Perot. Its worth a moment of your time. https://t.co/jBbSy3GwqO

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Perry made one phone call that changed the Babin familys life and left Perry awe-struck forever. The call was to Perot.

The next day, Babin received a call from Perot himself. He made arrangements for her and her son to meet his plane in Austin, after which they were flown to Dallas.

They were transported to the Zale Lipshy University Hospital, where Perot waited to personally see to their needs.

Appointments with the top neurologists had been made. A hotel room had been rented across the street for the duration of treatment.

When Babin had to leave for her younger daughters prom dance, Perot visited Babin Jr. in the hospital to make sure he wasnt alone.

H. Ross Perot, an honorary member of the Special Forces regiment, congratulates a student of the Special Forces Qualification Course at graduation in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, April 5, 2012. Courtesy Russell Klika/U.S. Army/John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School/Handout via REUTERS

After three weeks, they were flown back to Austin on Perots jet and found a gleaming handicapped-equipped conversion van sitting in their driveway.

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