Time for looking at the Silver Lining today. There were a couple real tragedies this week. First, we had the fire in West Ashley, and today, we found out that Jessie Davis' body was located, and her married boyfriend was arrested. While these incidents are truly awful, the efforts made by a lot of people is good, and it makes one feel better that we as a country might still have hope.
In Charleston, thousands came form all across the country to pay tribute to the nine firefighters lost. Here in Florence, fundraising efforts to raise money to assist the families of the victims. Thanks to all those locally for organizing the event on such short notice.
In Ohio, a community came together. For each of the last two days, more than ONE THOUSAND people volunteered to search for Jessie. One thousand ! They took time off of their jobs to help out. Things like these show us at our best, although it takes the worst to happen for us to show it.
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5 comments:
Both were tragedies for sure and what makes them worse is both probably could had been avoided.
No doubt. It looks like smoking started the fire from what I've read. In all the confusion, I'm sure a headcount was impossible - if it was, they wouldn't have gone back in.
In Ohio , absolutely. I'll avoid elaborating - there's a slew of reasons this could have been avoided..
Right an evacutation plan to have people meet at a designated point also why would 9 fire fighters be in a building about to collapse. For rescue no doubt.
In Ohio right again a lot here to much for me to comment about online for sure.
In both cases the parallels of hope and a rescue effort are reflected in the turn out and the dogged efforts. Sometimes though, you win one of these, sometimes, as a couple of years ago, Chief "Rocky" Burke, formerly of the St Pauls department, brought an infant out of a burning house that a week or so later still went home to our Father. Without someone going that extra mile, wiht their life on the line, even a small chance for survival rapidly approaches zero. Last time I looked 0.25 > 0.00
You bring out the best WR.
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