Brothers come together as Honor Flight Columbus reaches 10,000 veterans milestone

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- With its latest mission Thursday, Honor Flight Columbus has now taken 10,000 veterans to Washington D.C. to see memorials in honor of the wars they served in.

The trip is free for veterans. Thursday was the nonprofit's 136th mission. The concept was started in Ohio by Earl Morse, founder of Honor Flight and cofounder of Honor Flight Network. The retired Air Force captain wanted to make sure as many World War II veterans as possible got to see the memorial in the nation's capital.