Sir Nicholas Winton

[Armistead]

I remember reading about him, but hadn't seen this video. Sir Nicholas Winton surrounded by those he saved and doesn't know it... Now 105 years old.
http://www.lifebuzz.com/old-scrapbook/#!77v1o

[Sailor Steve]

And yet another great human being who has done something truly worthwhile and whom most of us will forget the day after we see this. Still, it brightened my day for the moment, and I thank you for sharing it.

[Jimbuna]

Most moving, reminded me of Oskar Schindler :sunny:

[Wolferz]

Zing! go the heart strings.:up::yep:

:salute:Mister Winton.

[Aktungbby]

A remarkable gent by any standard...especially when they raise statues to to you in two countrys! His statue(age 29) in Prague Main RR station ...http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Wintons_Prague_memorial_by_Flor_Kent_-_1.jpg/210px-Wintons_Prague_memorial_by_Flor_Kent_-_1.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wintons_Prague_memorial_by_Flor_Kent_-_1.jpg)and in England at Maidenhead RR station reading the book depicting the children.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49158000/jpg/_49158661_winton3.jpg And a tough old bird! "To celebrate his 100th birthday, he flew over the White Waltham Airfield in an ultralight piloted by Judy Leden, the daughter of one of the boys he saved.":salute: The final leg of the Winton train route: Harwich to Liverpool Station-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Winton-Train-Headboard-London-Liverpool-St-Stn-20090904.jpg/190px-Winton-Train-Headboard-London-Liverpool-St-Stn-20090904.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Winton-Train-Headboard-London-Liverpool-St-Stn-20090904.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton)

[Sailor Steve]

That's some pretty cool stuff! :sunny:

[Schroeder]

And yet another great human being who has done something truly worthwhile and whom most of us will forget the day after we see this. Still, it brightened my day for the moment, and I thank you for sharing it.
I second that.:yep:
Though I guess that name will stay with me a bit longer.

[Wolferz]

I second that.:yep:
Though I guess that name will stay with me a bit longer.

If he were canonized...
We'd have another Saint Nicholas who also has ties to children on lists. The suit needs some color though. :D

[Jimbuna]

If he were canonized...
We'd have another Saint Nicholas who also has ties to children on lists. The suit needs some color though. :D

And a lot more hair and a beard.

[vienna]

The US TV program "60 Minutes" did a segment on Sir Nicholas; it is very impressive and moving:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0aoifNziKQ

Here's the Wikipedia entry for him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton

Note that on the YouTube page there is a link for a petition to have Sir Nicholas nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize; given how people who have done far lees at far less personal risk have received the Nobel, it would only be fitting to move his farther, much farther, up the short list...


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