Posted on 08/19/2006 5:34:20 AM PDT by Mrs. P
The truest hero does not think of himself as one, never advertises himself as such and does not perform the acts that make him a hero for either fame or fortune. He does not wait for government to act if he senses an opportunity to fix a problem himself. On July 27, 2006 in the quiet countryside of Maidenhead, England, we spent several hours with a true hero: Sir Nicholas Winton. His friends call him "Nicky."
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Thanks for posting this. What a wonderful, inspirational story. Fortunately, there are other people like Winton in the world today.
Wonderful story, thanks for sharing it with us.
Good morning. Thanks.
Amazing man. Thank you so much for posting this.
"Edmund Burke once said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
With the situation in the Middle East, many are concerned about the Bible prophecies and 'the end of the world'.
When will it occur, are we in the final stages?
Jesus said no man knows the time of when this will happen.
That is true because it is not tied to a time.
It will happen when "there are NO GOOD MEN left".
I heard the author the other day on a local radio program being interviewed. He said that there was a TV program similar to "This Is Your Life" in Britain, and they did a show on Sir Nicholas. He didn't know the show was about him, and the audience was the children he had saved. Sir Nicholas sat in the front row, and when the show's emcee asked if there were any of these orphaned Jewish children in the audience, the whole audience stood up. He (the author of the article) said he had tears in his eyes watching the show.
Did you all see that they have a video or DVD that you can order on this story? I'm ordering it since we are trying to raise a couple of good men here!
Happy 100th birthday to Nicholas Winton!
Is he still living?
I had forgotten about posting this. We watched the DVD again a month or two ago, it is a wonderful story.
I meant to also add - God bless this man and all the others who did what they could. He did the right thing at the right time and regarded it as nothing out of the ordinary, it was something that needed to be done.
I was talking with my father recently, he is 88 and served in the Army during WWII. He regards his time in the service the same way, it was just what everyone did and nothing to be excited about. It was “only” 3 1/2 years, that’s all.
Another man, also in his 80’s, was a bomber pilot and on D-Day made two flights across the channel. He didn’t think his service was anything special and was embarrassed that I was impressed by it.
I posted this a while ago. Did you ever read this? You still might be able to send for the DVD, it is very good.
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