Local Paper Editorial–Americans find inspiring unity when the chips are down

…all Americans should find timely inspiration in seeing how much they can count on their fellow Americans when disasters strike.

Those riding to the rescue in Colorado included four North Carolina Air National Guard crew members killed Monday when a C-130H3, based in Charlotte, crashed while on a firefighting mission in Colorado.

Meanwhile, as of Tuesday, 22 deaths had been blamed on storms and widespread power outages in seven states, from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic, and Washington, D.C.

….utility workers from as far away as Mississippi, Florida and Canada battled an intense heat wave as they strived to restore power….

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