Remembering 9 11

I received an email from my step-mother-in-law this morning.  I thought I would share it with you.

From a Romanian Newspaper  :    


We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA
Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper ...  The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea Americii, meaning ('Ode To America') on September 24, 2002 in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei ("The Daily Event" or "News of the Day").

~An Ode to  America ~

Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if

you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world

and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs.

Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a

hand put on the heart.

Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, and the secret services

that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank

accounts.

Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. The Americans

volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.

After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking

ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national

flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on

every car a government official or the president was passing. On every

occasion, they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless

America!"

I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to

the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a

wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey

player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the

plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or

thousands of people.

How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being?

Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned

into a modern myth of tragic heroes.

And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a

collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which

no money can buy.

What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their

galloping history? Their economic Power? Money? I tried for hours to find

an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding

commonplace.

I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion... Only freedom

can work such miracles .

Cornel Nistorescu

(This deserves to be passed around the Internet forever.) It took a person on the outside - looking in - to see what we take for granted!  

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