While serving his country in Afghanistan, one thing that kept U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Ryan Anderson connected to life back home was Facebook. Last October, Anderson won an Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) Facebook giveaway for an ALI/Petty’s Garage hat autographed by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard “The King” Petty.
In appreciation of this support, Anderson flew a U.S. flag over FOB Geronimo in Afghanistan on ALI’s behalf.
O’Gorman, himself a Gulf War veteran, said he was honored to accept the flag on ALI’s behalf and plans to frame it with the certificate for display in the organization’s Cortland, N.Y., headquarters.
“To think that a small gesture made through the ALI Facebook page inspired a Marine to fly this flag on our behalf while serving in harm’s way and then to carry it home to personally give it to us is truly humbling,” O’Gorman said. “We thank Gunnery Sgt. Anderson for his service to our country and for taking the time to be with us.”
Founded in 1945, the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) is a trade association of North American-based lift manufacturers. ALI’s mission is to promote the safe design, construction, installation, service,inspection and use of automotive lifts. In 1947, ALI developed the first Commercial Standard covering vehicle lifts published by the National Bureau of Standards. Today, ALI sponsors several national lift safety standards and offers third-party certification programs for automotive lifts and automotive liftinspectors.
To learn more about ALI, visit www.autolift.org or call (607) 756-7775. You can also connect with ALI on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LiftInstitute, on Twitter at twitter.com/LiftInstitute and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/LiftInstitute.
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