There are so many other heartfelt scenes I will never forget – service members comforting the children by playing games with them, giving out food and water, gently putting a hand on a young girl’s head to reassure her and standing on each side of an elderly woman assisting her onboard the plane.
Ariel Jacobs had been jaundiced at birth, because of a blood-type incompatibility with her mother, and required a transfusion. As a result of contaminated blood, she contracted HIV, which later developed into AIDS.
After the war, Tibor Reis was caught helping Jews escape to Austria, and was put into a Russian prison for three years. Although he was tortured, he never revealed the names of those working with him.
The contrast was just too much. On one channel, I watched as tens of thousands of people struggled to survive the devastating impact of the tsunami that left more than 250,000 dead and countless others injured and homeless, and on another channel, presenters at last month\’s Golden Globe Awards leaving the ceremonies with their \”travel-themed\” gift baskets worth $37,890 each.
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