Sisters raise thousands to help senior veterans participate in Honor Flights: 'We love our veterans'

Two sisters from southwest Ohio are giving back to America's veterans in a big way by raising thousands of dollars for Honor flights.

Twelve-year-old Tessa Ziegler and eight-year-old Raya Ziegler raised more than $30,000. to benefit the Honor Flight Network, which flies veterans to Washington, DC, where they visit memorials honoring their sacrifices.

“I love seeing the veterans and their smiles after coming home from the Honor Flight,” Tessa said on “America's Newsroom” Thursday.

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The elder sister said that the two were inspired to join Honor Flight after boarding the Honor flight.

“My mother encouraged me because her friend invited us to Honor Flight and we just loved it, and we wanted to keep going back there.”

Raya told her partner Bill Hemmer that she was motivated to help at such a young age “because I love our veterans, because they are so good.”

Rachel Ziegler, mother of two fundraising sisters, said it's a “privilege” to help support America's veterans through the Honor Flights Network.

“We love our veterans here. And we know that many of the veterans currently on Honor Flights are Vietnam veterans, Korean veterans. We know that they never came home. Many of them were spat on. People tried to fight them,” he said.

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“So to be on this Honor Flight homecoming and be able to welcome them home and give them the homecoming they really deserve – shake their hands, thank them for their work – it's just really emotional. They're happy. I'm just crying it's a great show.”

To join the Zieglers in giving back to America's heroes, visit www.honorflighttristate.org