‘I’ve lived a good life’: Hundreds of former students honor Va. Marine battling cancer

In a small room at the Hermitage High School JROTC building in Henrico, hundreds of former students from over the past 15 years made their way to see a man who shaped many of their adult lives.

“If I’m going to do a job, I’m going to do the best job I can,” said Marine Sergeant Major Cecil McNair.

Saturday morning the spotlight was on McNair. As he sat in his wheelchair, he shook hundreds of hands and received hug-after-hug from his former pupils.

“You don’t count the time, you don’t count the days, you just give, give, give,” said McNair.