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This is such an awe inspiring story, and at the same time it made me sad. It reminded me of the story of a young Rwandan girl who was about the same age as tho
by dools 5y ago
This is such an awe inspiring story, and at the same time it made me sad.
It reminded me of the story of a young Rwandan girl who was about the same age as those trapped boys when she and her family escaped to the Congolese jungle … I can’t remember her name but she ultimately survived and has become a public activist.
She tells her story now frequently and I remember her saying that she though the entire world must have suffered some catastrophe because no one was coming to save them.
Later she found out it was just because no one really cared enough to save them.
Imagine if we treated all lives with such value, and applied the same heroism and bravery to their rescue.
- ddingus 5y agoIntriguing take. Priorities. Our world could be very different given a reconsideration of what is worth what. And some of us live more in that world, lucky to have agency, fellowship, resources to make it work. Humanity is partitioned. Not all sets makes sense.
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- rPlayer6554 5y agoCould you/someone post the link to the article or her name?
- dools 5y agoI can't for the life of me find the quote nor remember where I originally saw it. I thought it was something like a ted talk or at least a review of a ted talk, but I can't find it now :( that sentiment certainly stuck with me though, the idea that this girl assumed that, if they could, someone would have come to help, but that they had actually been abandoned which was a harsh realisation she came to later.