'Amazing scene': Police stand guard as Vietnam veteran's remains returned home [photos]

Carolyn Ryan, Washington bureau chief for the New York Times, posted five photos to her Twitter account this morning which have given at least one reader a lump in the throat. We’ll let the images speak for themselves.

1/5 Amazing scene at Nat'l Airport this a.m. as the military returned remains of a US solider killed in Vietnam. pic.twitter.com/77CnWeGDC5

— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015

2/5 Everyone in the terminal stopped to watch out the window as the family gathered to await his flag-draped casket. pic.twitter.com/0FLYjcdH6x

— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015

3/5 Then an incredible thing happened. Police from all over were at the airport for a big DC meeting. pic.twitter.com/8El272j7Jm

— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015

4/5 Police from all over, even a British "Bobbie" pic.twitter.com/AT7X3EvJrn

— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015

5/5 They decided to line up and stand guard alongside the family of the soldier. pic.twitter.com/UhkeJxrCGo

— carolynryan (@carolynryan) May 12, 2015

@carolynryan Welcome home.soldier to a country that did NOT thank us for our service or appreciate our sacrifices THEN.

— The Goodman Report (@TheaGood) May 12, 2015

@TheaGood @carolynryan You are so right. For what it's worth I think all of you are/were amazing. Thank you!

— Scott Hamlin (@jscotthamlin) May 12, 2015

@carolynryan Welcome Home!

— POW-MIA Families (@POWMIAFamilies1) May 12, 2015

https://twitter.com/PartTimePoPo/status/598261901068369922

@carolynryan @OKnox Okay, just got major chills…

— Carla Bond ? (@carlabond) May 12, 2015

@carolynryan Class. Period.

— VanishedInAPuff (@VanishedInAPuff) May 12, 2015

@carolynryan thank you for sharing. Incredibly moving moment.

— SuSu? (@allthattweet) May 12, 2015

@carolynryan not that it's the important part of the story, but all the cops are in DC for #NationalPoliceWeek

— BigMike (@bigmikecoyle) May 12, 2015

@carolynryan @pspoole It's good to see that some people still believe in human decency. Thank you for passing this on.

— DarthMallard?❗️ (@drumhellor) May 12, 2015