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Read the whole story at the link and the follow-up story published above. People helping people in need. A good way to end a troubled year.
1 posted on 01/01/2007 3:47:15 PM PST by CedarDave
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A lovely reminder of what it means to be an American! I think any of us would have done the same thing.


2 posted on 01/01/2007 3:53:37 PM PST by basil (Exercise your Second Amendment rights--buy another gun today.)
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"People helping people in need. A good way to end a troubled year".

Not unusual at all for Americans. The most underrated good samaritans on the earth.

We are at our best when challenged - at our worst when we are fat & happy - we have that JudeoChristian guilt for good fortune.

That is our blessing and our curse.

A FReeper recently posted that because we have not been "inconvenienced" by the War in Iraq, we cannot take pride in sacrifice - except for those in the military and their families.


3 posted on 01/01/2007 3:55:12 PM PST by sodpoodle (thread killer)
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heartwarming


4 posted on 01/01/2007 3:56:28 PM PST by verum ago (The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
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44 extra people in a 1,200 square-foot house??!!

What a great story.

6 posted on 01/01/2007 3:58:55 PM PST by andyssister
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WarmFuzzy Zing!


7 posted on 01/01/2007 3:59:49 PM PST by BossLady
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Link to companion story:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1761057/posts


8 posted on 01/01/2007 4:03:25 PM PST by CedarDave
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Although it is quickly fading as the State grows, one of the things I have always liked about New Mexico is the fact that people still help people stranded on the highways. This Journal story reminded me of the early days in America when people in the frontier areas were expected to provide a bed for weary travelers.

I was stranded for about five hours on I-40 east of Moriarty in that first snow storm this year and one trucker risked the slippery highway to pass out food and cokes to the people stranded along with him.

10 posted on 01/01/2007 4:57:37 PM PST by Muleteam1
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Great story. We each are indeed our brother's keeper.


11 posted on 01/01/2007 8:53:24 PM PST by Towed_Jumper (I faithfully fart toward Mecca five times a day.)
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'It was our lifeline, was that truck,'' she said. It carried all kinds of nonperishable food. ''We had cereal, ate a lot of Pop Tarts, chips, a lot of canned soup,'' she said. ''We were able to feed everybody. Nobody went hungry.'

But Pop Tarts?! Ugh!!

Still, this is a great story and I'm glad to hear some good news about the wonderful people in this country.

12 posted on 01/02/2007 6:53:00 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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