The response of the Utah Governor and media in the wake of the collapse that killed three of the rescuers is very disheartening. It also depicts vividly the lack of integrity that we as a society have if the rescue work is permanently halted. 50 years ago it would have been unthinkable to stop a rescue operation before it was finished, no matter what the danger.I know it seems logical and right to limit the losses, but this is a rescue operation. It can't be looked upon as anything else. If a fireman gives his life attempting to save a life do we stop fighting the fire and abandon those trapped? No! This is America not France.
Americans have always been a people that will do whatever it takes where ever it is needed to save people from harm, or at least we used to be. Has this disease of relativism, which has crept into the national psyche, impacted us so that now we are willing to give up before the end is seen?
Is this narcissistic contemporary view blinding us? What has happened to "there is nothing greater than to give ones life for his brother"? Is it just an archaic Christian concept that has no place in our modern "enlightened" society? If so, Lord Jesus have mercy upon our souls.
When good is reduced to what is good for yourself. When welfare of others is replaced by the welfare of yourself. When pessimists are plentiful and optimists are few. Then it is understandable that our society will quietly allow a travesty like this to take place. And not even view as such.
While the powers to be investigate and procrastinate six miners could possibly be alive in that mine waiting, hoping and praying. We used to be nation of doers, a nation filled with men like John Wayne, God fearing people. Now what are we? Certainly not God fearing, for if were every time something this happened we would be running into danger, not away from it. It should not take a major catastrophe to bring our people up to this task. Terrible things happen everyday.
There is a community in Utah that believes today is their 9/11.
