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Someone much smarter than I once said: "You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give."
I thought about that during a recent trip I took down south to Mississippi and Louisiana. I was traveling to shoot a Campbell Brown story that will likely air Tuesday on the anniversary of Katrina slamming into the Gulf Coast.
The story is a lovely one. I think it's our job, if even occasionally, to tell a story that describes the petals of Katrina and not just the thorns. God knows the thorns are plentiful and obvious and important. We won't learn how to not repeat the inexcusable mistakes of the disaster without the thorns, but it can't hurt to be reminded of the generosity of the angels who walk among us -- the petals. In this case, the petals are a few volunteers in Erie, Pa., who wanted to know what they could do to help.
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Link to thisJune 1 is a special day here at NBC News.
Sure, some sad things have happened on this day. James Buchanan, our 15th President, died. And you'll all remember when the Roman Emperor Marcus Didius was murdered in his palace in the year 193. (I believe that was sometime before Brian took over Nightly News.)
But good things have happened, too. In 1926, Andy Griffith, the Sheriff of Mayberry, was born. And, in 1925, the great New York Yankee Lou Gehrig replaced Wally Pipp at first base -- the beginning of Lou's historic 2,130 consecutive game streak.
But wait. There's more. The reason June 1 is a special day around here is because of a Ripley's-Believe-It-Or-Not-style coincidence. The shared birthday of four, yes, FOUR NBC News loyal colleagues, beloved friends and active bloggers.
Discuss (3 comments) Email this | Link to thisOne week ago, today, Nov. 10, was the 30th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. At the Mariners' Church of Detroit 29 names were read, each echoed by the tolling of a bell to memorialize the crew members who were lost in a vicious storm on Lake Superior.
Of course, the reason many of us know about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is because of the six-and-a-half minute Gordon Lightfoot song of the same name. The single reached No. 2 on the charts in November 1976.
Why am I writing this in the NBC Nightly News blog? Because it's an opportunity to remind folks that journalists are people, too.
No, really.
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