You people are too damn nice.
I was watching the four-man bobsled. The mother of one of the American pilots tried to find an affordable house to rent so she could bring the extended family to watch her son. She found one on the internet and put down the $8,000.00 deposit. It was a scam and she lost her money. When the people of Vancouver heard the news, a woman offered her house free of charge. Dozens of other offers followed.
Then, Tom Brokaw had about a 30-minute segment on the people of Gander, Newfoundland - Canada's poorest province. First time in years that I was touched so deeply that I cried.
On 9/11, when US airspace was restricted, dozens of flights were diverted to Gander and over 7000 people were stranded. The town literally opened their doors as can be read in the short piece that follows. Pharmacies filled prescriptions for free. The people of Gander came together, donated food, and cooked meals until the Red Cross and other charities responded. And the funny thing, they couldn't understand why Tom Brockaw was in town doing a story about them - they simply responded with love, like anyone else.
I tried to find Brokaw's story on youtube with no luck. Hope there's some way you get to see it. Vive le Canada!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/09/17/brokaw-newfoundland.html?ref=rss
I was watching the four-man bobsled. The mother of one of the American pilots tried to find an affordable house to rent so she could bring the extended family to watch her son. She found one on the internet and put down the $8,000.00 deposit. It was a scam and she lost her money. When the people of Vancouver heard the news, a woman offered her house free of charge. Dozens of other offers followed.
Then, Tom Brokaw had about a 30-minute segment on the people of Gander, Newfoundland - Canada's poorest province. First time in years that I was touched so deeply that I cried.
On 9/11, when US airspace was restricted, dozens of flights were diverted to Gander and over 7000 people were stranded. The town literally opened their doors as can be read in the short piece that follows. Pharmacies filled prescriptions for free. The people of Gander came together, donated food, and cooked meals until the Red Cross and other charities responded. And the funny thing, they couldn't understand why Tom Brockaw was in town doing a story about them - they simply responded with love, like anyone else.
I tried to find Brokaw's story on youtube with no luck. Hope there's some way you get to see it. Vive le Canada!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/09/17/brokaw-newfoundland.html?ref=rss
