By now I am certain you have seen the video.
Over a dozen people rushing to save a motorcyclist who ended up under a burning car after a crash. Together this group of heroes lifted the 4,000 pound car and dragged 21 year old Tyler Rigg to safety.
He is alive because of that impromptu group who acted on instinct. It gives you hope that there are people out there like that.
Think about it. They all had to react. Not one individually could have got the job done. They worked in unison, possibly sacrificing their own lives, to save the life of another.
Or as Lebanese Graduate student Abbas Sharif put it "The chance of him dying if we don't do it is like 100 percent," If you weigh the chance of you being in danger, that's going to be low, like 20 percent, compared to 100 percent. We had to do something."
WE had to do something. He counted on the inherent goodness of others, of a group of people from all walks of life, construction workers, graduate students and passer by; he counted on them all to join him. He expected the best in people and he got it.
Wouldn't it be great if our leaders in Washington could come together like the heroes in Utah to end the suffering of a nation; if they too could put the interest of others over their self-interest?
I hope the President and the Republicans in Congress saw the video in Utah and thought, "Look what can happen when you work together." But somehow I doubt they think that way. They are so focused on the 2012 elections that all they seem to want to do is make each other look bad even at the expense of the country.
Imagine if the group of heroes in Utah had done nothing and then blamed each other as Tyler died. That is what Democrats and Republicans are doing as America is suffering from a recession, waiting for some heroes to come together and save it.
