They don't look alike or speak the same language, such a
mixture of civilizations. In matters of religious beliefs,
one can hardly seem to count how many they are.
Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into
a hand put on the heart of the human race. Nobody turned to accuse
the White House or the military. Bank accounts were not emptied.
No one rushed on the streets nearby to gape about. Americans
volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand. After the
first moments of panic, they raised the flag on the smoking ruins,
putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag.
They placed flags on buildings and cars.
On every occasion they started singing their traditional song:
"God Bless America!".
I watched three times, on different TV channels, Clint
Eastwood, Willie Nelson, Robert de Niro, Julia Roberts,
Cassius Clay, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Silvester Stalone,
James Wood, and many others whom no film or producers could
ever bring together. The American's solidarity spirit turned them into a
choir. You could hear the heavy artillery of the American soul.
I listened to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a
woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian
hockey player, who fought with the terrorists and prevented the plane from
hitting a target that would have killed other hundreds or thousands of
people. How on earth were they able to bow before a fellow human?
Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some
turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call,
millions and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding
not a man or a family, but a spirit which nothing can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way?
Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic power? Money?
I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring
phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace.
I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion.
Only Freedom can work such miracles!
(Have a wonderful day and let Freedom ring my fellow American)
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