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THIS IS BEYOND WOW………

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 ‘) 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.

On 9/11, the American tragedy turned
three hundred million people into a
hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed
to accuse the White House, the Army,
or the Secret Service 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.

Instead 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: ‘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
California 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 into 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 way? Their land? Their 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, I reached but 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!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!