FRUITPORT, Mich. (WOOD) — It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime.
“It just seemed like the perfect trip for us,” said Bernie Langlois, 71, a Vietnam veteran who was looking forward to seeing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and other Washington, DC-area landmarks with his wife Carol.
The Langloises, who live in Fruitport, paid $2,500 for the eight-day guided bus tour of the wall, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home, Colonial Williamsburg, Arlington Cemetery and other memorials.
“I’d give anything to be able to go on that trip,” Bernie Langlois said. “But getting my wife better right now is all that matters.”
Six weeks before the scheduled deportation, Carol Langlois, 68, started having back pain, which soon became excruciating. An MRI showed a 3-inch tumor on her spine. She had cancer.
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