Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Iraqi 5 year old girl saves soldiers' lives

This is what the power of kindness can do.

The story in general is about a family in Maryland that started a website that ships necessities to soldiers in Iraq. They send food, coffee, toothpaste, and in this cases Beanie Babies:

A Beanie Baby changed everything for one Marine convoy in Iraq. Marty tells the story:

"As they're going, there's a 4- or 5-year-old girl standing in the middle of the road. They had met this girl a couple days before and had given her some toys, Beanie Babies.

"She's standing there with a Beanie Baby in her hand. The convoy stops, like 'Why's this kid in the middle of the road?' They walk up to her, and she points -- there's an IED in the road."

"She saved their lives," Sue says.
And the hippie, tree-hugger, peacenik crowd still thinks of our soldiers as murders. What a crock.

Here's a link to the website if you want to donate.