Our guest today is Texas State Senator Brian Bridwell. After a distinguished career serving his nation in the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Brian Birdwell was elected to the Texas Senate in 2010. Birdwell was a staff officer at the Pentagon on 9/11 when American Airlines Flight 77 was crashed into the building. He was severally burned and injured that it has taken 39 operations to rebuild his body. 

Lt. Col. Birdwell was awarded the Bronze Star for service in the Persian Gulf War, the Purple Heart for his wounds at the Pentagon, and upon retirement in July 2004, he was awarded the Legion of Merit.

Brian and his wife Mel have been married for over 34 years and reside in Granbury. They have one son, Matt, a graduate of Texas Tech University, and a daughter-in-law, Ann Marie, who reside in Tarrant County with the Birdwell’s two grandchildren.

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