While the news outlets have been brimming with accounts of the Chilean miners being rescued from truly unimaginable circumstances, the New York Times had a terrific international-is-local story -- headline: Chileans in New York Cheer Miners.
The story focuses on restaurant patrons in a New York Restaurant-Row Chilean bistro as they watch and celebrate the rescues.
I personally was charmed by the story because of its simplicity -- this isn't the usual NYT heavy, serious fare, which, don't get me wrong, I do respect. But every now and then, I enjoy a story that is easily informative and cheers on the soul. Simply.
Here in Pittsburgh, where a similar rescue took place a few years ago (Quecreek in Somerset, Pa.), we've had color stories on workers who were deployed to help in Chile because of their experience; we've been given detailed stories about the equipment and medical procedures that are needed to bring the trapped men back to the surface. All good.
But there is something special about regular people celebrating a miracle.
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