A True Hero

I got this email today:
There recently was the death of a 98-year-old lady named Irena Sendler.During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.She had an ulterior motive...She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German).Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of her tool box she carried, and she also carried in the back of her truck a Burlap sack, (for larger kids).She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.During her time and course of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants.She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs and arms and beat her severely.Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it, and reunited the family.Most, of course, had been gassed.Those kids she helped were placed into foster family homes or adopted.Last year Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize....She LOST.Al Gore won for doing a slide show on Global Warming. Absolutely true.

There was a link for snopes.com so I decided to check it out. The story is somewhat the same there, but there are a few differences. (http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp) While there isn't a way to confirm if she was nominated, I certainly think she should have been & won! What kind of world do we live in where a HERO like Irena Sendler is passed over for some idiot who probably just lends his name & face to the cause of informing us all about global warming. While that is a noble cause, he hasn't necessarily saved any lives and Irena Sendler is said to have saved at least 3,000 adults, children & infants. I know her reward will be HUGE in Heaven, but I think she should definitely get some well deserved recognition now as well.

I would recommend reading the info on snopes.com. It was really touching to read about such a courageous woman in such menacing times. She is certainly a woman to look up to.