United We Stand

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United we stand

 

What would you have guessed?

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.