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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:03 am    Post subject: A life extraordinarily well lived.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/01/nicholas-winton-dead-_n_7707214.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=WorldPost


All that it takes for evil to flourish is for good to stand by and do nothing......
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:36 am    Post subject:

Sir Nicholas Winton, what an awesome hero. RIP
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:05 pm    Post subject:

saving even one life is deserving of the highest praise, but this man saved 600 souls from certain death.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:08 pm    Post subject:

dubaholic1 wrote:
saving even one life is deserving of the highest praise, but this man saved 600 souls from certain death.



Yep. A true Hero.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:24 pm    Post subject:

That short video - really moving. What an impact this man had.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:33 pm    Post subject:

That is beautiful. He never once even expected any sort of recognition, whatsoever. What an outstanding human being
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:14 pm    Post subject:

Would be so nice if parents and schools taught children about human beings like these and kept them.away from TV's

I'm not in the mood to cry but just reading about him brought tears to my eyes.

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:28 am    Post subject:

His efforts were unknown for half a century. He's the definition of a real hero.
And now people are getting all the attention for just being asses on tv or social networks.
His story, and Schindler's and Wallenberg's as well, should be required reading for every school.
On a side note, I was so inspired by Raoul Wallenberg's story that I named my son Raoul.
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