For many parents, the moment their children cross the stage and receive their diplomas is one that lives on forever. But for Captain William Cooke, that moment could have been missed altogether. Captain Cooke is serving in Baghdad at Camp Victory while his sons -- triplets -- were graduating from Whitewater High School in Fayette County.

With the help of the entire 11Alive team, as well as the Atlanta NBC News bureau and the NBC News team in Baghdad, we made sure Captain Cooke didn't miss that moment.

As his sons Kyle, Sean, and Cory graduated, Captain Cooke was watching live streaming video on 11Alive.com, joining hundreds of other proud parents in committing this moment to memory.

11Alive streamed the graduation live, as well as Captain Cooke live from Baghdad. The efforts of dozens of people, in Georgia and in Iraq, helped this proud father join his sons as they moved to the next stage of their lives, and let these proud sons spend graduation day with their dad.