WE DO NOT HEAR ABOUT THE GOOD IN THE WORLD OFTEN ENOUGH.
THERE IS LOTS OF IT OUT THERE.
SOMETIMES THE GOOD IS ALSO SAD.
POINT IN VIEW:
A MAN BY THE NAME OF TIM JONES LIVING IN VANCOUVER B.C. CANADA.
FOR 30 YEARS HE WAS LEADER OF THE RESCUE TEAM FOR SKIERS AND SKY-BOARDER PEOPLE, WHO SOMETIMES THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, SOMETIMES THROUGH THEIR OWN FAULT, NEEDED RESCUING FROM THE THREE POPULAR SNOW-CAPPED HILLS IN WINTER, THAT OVERLOOK THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF VANCOUVER, B.C.
SOME WANTED TO CHARGE FOR RESCUING, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AT FAULT [LIKE GOING OFF THE SET BOUNDARY LINES] , BUT TIM JONES SAID NO, I'LL DO THE RESCUING FREE IN MY TIME OFF REGULAR WORK.
AND SO HE AND HIS CREW DID JUST THAT - FOR 30 YEARS.
TIM RESCUED OVER 2,000 PEOPLE IN THOSE 30 YEARS.
ONE LADY ON RADIO CBC VANCOUVER, SAID TIM RESCUED HER SON OF 21. HE AND TWO FRIENDS WENT TO GLIDE DOWN THE SNOW-PEAK OF ONE OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND YES THEY WENT OUT OF BOUNDS. AN AVALANCHE CAME; HER SON WAS TAKEN AWAY AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A TREE. TIM JONES AND HIS CREW WENT UP VIA HELICOPTER THE NEXT MORING AND RESCUED THE LADY'S SON.
THE RADIO INTERVIEWER ASKED THE LADY WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF TIM JONES AND HOW IT IMPACTED HER LIFE AND HER SON'S LIFE. SHE SAID: "MY SON HAS TWO CHILDREN AGED 8 AND 5. IF IT WAS NOT FOR TIM JONES THEY WOULD NOT BE HERE. THE WORD "HERO" GETS THROWN AROUND A LOT, BUT TIM JONES WAS A TRUE HERO. HE WAS LIKE A PART OF MY FAMILY. FOLLOWED HIS RESCUE WORK ALL THE TIME."
THAT'S THE GOOD, VERY GOOD PART.
THE SAD PART.
TIM JONES WAS COMING DOWN FROM HIS CABIN IN THE MOUNTAIN YESTERDAY, WITH HIS DAUGHTER AND HIS DOG.
HE COLLAPSED WITH A HEART-ATTACK.
THE GOOD TIM JONES DIED!
HE WAS ONLY 57.
WELL TIM YOU DID WELL, YOU DID GOOD SERVICE TOWARDS YOUR FELLOW MAN, IN YOUR RELATIVELY SHORT LIFE.
TRULY MANY PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER YOUR UNSELFISHNESS AND KINDNESS.
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