How gracious of this Amish family to consider the suffering of the killer's wife when their own cup is so full:
In a ceremony made more heartbreaking by its centuries-old simplicity, four little girls were buried yesterday as the Amish of Pennsylvania turned the other cheek.With television and newspaper cameras kept at a distance, and police helicopters enforcing a no-fly zone overhead, one of the few non-Amish guests invited to the funeral of seven-year-old Naomi Rose Ebersole, the first little girl to be buried, was Marie Roberts, the killer's wife.
With tears in her eyes, Mrs Roberts sat in the back of one of the 34 black horse-drawn carriages that were part of the funeral cortege behind Naomi's horse-drawn hearse.
Amazing.
Also, the story of 13-year-old Marian Fisher asking the killer to shoot her first.
Posted by floridacracker at October 5, 2006 02:58 PMIf only the rest of us could have a piece of that kindness in our hearts. Our world would be a better place.
Posted by: Cathy at October 5, 2006 08:09 PMI thought the no-fly zone during the ceremony was brilliant.
No technology, then no air traffic noise.