As I sit here with the proverbial pen in hand, I wonder how you will respond to this story. Will you be Sad? Joyful? Proud? Tearful? Maybe a bitter sweet feeling? A little girl in a home collapsing around her during an earthquake had the resolve to throw her body over her younger sister to protect her from a crumbling building. The human spirit always seems to emerge during disaster. It is only something that movies should be made of. This child needs to be honored with word and praise.
According to the Daily Mail.co.uk:
An eight-year-old girl sacrificed her own life by throwing herself on top of her younger sister as the rubble from Italy’s devastating earthquake encased them.
In one of the most remarkable stories of courage to emerge from the catastrophic 6.2-magnitude quake that struck central Italy on Wednesday, the two girls were found buried together in the rubble of their holiday home in the village of Pescara del Tronto but only one of them survived. Distraught grandmother Angela Cafini wept as she recalled how her four-year-old grand daughter escaped with barely a scratch thanks to her older sister who lay on top of her to protect her as the house collapsed around them.
I will always say, you can learn a lot from children. Human kindness and sacrifice comes to mind. The world can learn from this story, as I have. Take a moment and think of these children and their family. They are worth it. I think you will agree.