The 50 Bravest men in the world.
by bmaxw on Mar 15, 2011 10:59 PM CDT
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You folks here at Double-T Nation are my friends, true I have never meet any of you face to face, but still we share a common love of the Red Raiders. I am sure we all follow different faiths and that there are some of you who claim no faith in any form of divine power. Whether you choose prayer or simply taking a moment to contemplate the greatest love a man can show for his fellow man, please remember these 50 men.
But 50 workers stayed behind, a crew no larger than would be stationed at the plant on a quiet spring day. Taking shelter when possible in the reactor’s control room, which is heavily shielded from radiation, they struggled through the morning and afternoon to keep hundreds of gallons of seawater a minute flowing through temporary fire pumps into the three stricken reactors, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, where overheated fuel rods continued to boil away the water at a brisk pace.
We all know that governments tell half truths, and their is no doubt in my mind that the Japanese government has be doing so in in regards to this latest even at the Fukushima Daiichi power station. 50 men staring down the fires of Hell to save their country from a disaster of unspeakable proportions. I pray they succeed and survive to live long an happy lives, but the realist in me thinks they are sacrificing their lives in the hope of adverting disaster.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/world/asia/16workers.html?hp
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Uncommon conditions create uncommon valor
God’s Speed.
"As we continue to merely "talk about championships""
I agree. These men are sacrificing their lives for their country and the world.
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I pray for their safety and for their success in stopping the fires and the complete melt-down of the fuel rods in those towers.
The Tokyo airport is filled with visitors trying to get out of Japan. The radiation levels are increasing and the winds are flowing south toward Tokyo.
My prayers go out to all of the Japanese people in this time of great destruction and loss.
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NUTS - Never Underestimate TEAM Strength
I second that!
Sad situation indeed.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
"We started too late" - Neal Brown
I am with you
I am excited to be a born again Christian. As such, I and my church here in Austin pray for many reasons, this being one we all are concerned about. My prayers are certainly with all the Nipponese country’s men, women and children, as well as those from other countries that are there for many different reasons.
TTpilk
"Never, never, never give up." Winston Churchill
That number will have to grow. (And it is)
As grim as it sounds, the Soviets used 600,000 for one accident.
Japan is facing 4-6 accidents at once.
As much as you hear about nuclear workers and firefighters – many will also be industrial electricians, pipe-fitters, and welders who are the only ones equipped with the skills for reviving power to facility to bring it under control.
These are common hardhats who never would have expected the danger but got up one morning to face down the bungling, explosions, radiation, and natural disaster to try and make some sense of a mangled mess of wreckage, and restore some order to it- so the worst does not happen.
Spare a thought, (or a prayer if you are so inclined) for them, too.
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