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From the blog Leisha's Random Thoughts Ponderings The following story is from a Norwegian newspaper and was translated by Leisha, the blogger, into English. The story has been edited to fit onto an SU post. Mary lacked money to fly home to Norway - he saved her love SGRDSTRAND... more
Reviewed by CynAmun Oct 25 2008, 02:33pm ( 14 reviews ) • blogspot.com
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Rated by artyness on Jan 07 2009, 7:45am
Read this and other inspiring real life stories on Zen Moments - http://www.zenmoments.org/the-kindness-of-a-stranger/
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Rated by Cineaste on Oct 26 2008, 11:17am
"This is not a big or important story. But it is a nice story and if one is voting for a person, and not just for a political platform, it might be interesting to hear it. Somehow I don't see this story being covered in American media much, so let's count this as one blogger's contribution to the news coverage of the 2008 election. :-)"
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Rated by CynAmun on Oct 25 2008, 2:33pm
From the blog Leisha's Random Thoughts Ponderings The following story is from a Norwegian newspaper and was translated by Leisha, the blogger, into English. The story has been edited to fit onto an SU post. Mary lacked money to fly home to Norway - he saved her love SGRDSTRAND (VG): Mary was a newlywed and ready to move to Norway, but was stopped at the airport because she didn't have enough money for the trip. Then a stranger turned up and paid for her. Mary Menth Andersen was 31 years old at the time and had just married Norwegian Dag Andersen. She was looking forward to starting a new life in sgrdstrand in Vestfold with him. But first she had to get all of her belongings across to Norway. The date was November 2nd, 1988. At the airport in Miami things were hectic as usual, with long lines at the check-in counters. When it was finally Mary's turn and she had placed her luggage on the baggage line, she got the message that would crush her bubbling feeling of happiness. You'll have to pay a 103 dollar surcharge if you want to bring both those suitcases to Norway, the man behind the counter said. Mary had no money. Her new husband had traveled ahead of her to Norway, and she had no one else to call. I was completely desperate and tried to think which of my things I could manage without. But I had already made such a careful selection of my most prized possessions, says Mary. Although she explained the situation to the man behind the counter, he showed no signs of mercy. I started to cry, tears were pouring down my face and I had no idea what to do. Then I heard a gentle and friendly voice behind me saying, That's OK, I'll pay for her.Mary turned around to see a tall man whom she had never seen before. He had a gentle and kind voice that was still firm and decisive. The first thing I thought was, Who is this man? Although this happened 20 years ago, Mary still remembers the authority that radiated from the man. He was nicely dressed, fashionably dressed with brown leather shoes, a cotton shirt open at the throat and khaki pants, says Mary. She was thrilled to be able to bring both her suitcases to Norway and assured the stranger that he would get his money back. The man wrote his name and address on a piece of paper that he gave to Mary. She thanked him repeatedly. When she finally walked off towards the security checkpoint, he waved goodbye to her. The piece of paper said `Barack Obama' and his address in Kansas, which is the state where his mother comes from. Mary carried the slip of paper around in her wallet for years, before it was thrown out. He was my knight in shining armor, says Mary, smiling. She paid the 103 dollars back to Obama the day after she arrived in Norway. At that time he had just finished his job as a poorly paid community organizer in Chicago, and had started his law studies at prestigious Harvard university. For the full story, click here. Story found via Miterror.
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Reviewed by Telemill on Oct 06 2008, 10:14am
It seems that a few of us would rather here about THIS type of information, than the character smears we are going to be hearing from BOTH sides of the party these next 29 days. This article tells me a lot, and it's just damn beautiful. Kudos to the newspaper that featured this article!
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Rated by uriel1998 on Oct 06 2008, 5:03am
From the page: "This is not a big or important story. But it is a nice story and if one is voting for a person, and not just for a political platform, it might be interesting to hear it. Somehow I don't see this story being covered in American media much, so let's count this as one blogger's contribution to the news coverage of the 2008 election."
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Rated by anton130790 on Oct 06 2008, 4:20am
shows what kind of guy barack really is. legend.
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Rated by jorday on Oct 06 2008, 2:01am
The next time someone asks me how I can be sure if Obama is really genuine, I'm linking them here.
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Rated by ChocMilk3 on Oct 06 2008, 12:27am
I don't know if this is true, but I would like it to be.
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Rated by CelticMasterPlan on Oct 05 2008, 8:54pm
Interesting. The kind of story we would rather hear about our politicians . . .
