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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:31:11 -0700
From: Constance Wellnitz <[log in to unmask]>
To: Mary Kaye Nowack <[log in to unmask]>, Ylva Hernlund <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Fwd: Is it In The Bag ?
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> This is a awesome story ..........(Pass it on....)

> Oct 05, 2008
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> The Norwegian newspaper VG has reported a truly amazing story about a
> newly-wed trying to get to Norway to be with her husband, and the stranger
> who helped pay an unexpected luggage surcharge. The blog "Leisha's Random
> Thoughts" has translated the story.
>
> It was 1988, and Mary Andersen was at the Miami airport checking in for a
> long flight to Norway to be with her husband when the airline representative
> informed her that she wouldn't be able to check her luggage without paying a
> 100 surcharge:
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> When it was finally Mary's turn, she got the message that would crush her
> bubbling feeling of happiness.
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> -You'll have to pay a 103 dollar surcharge if you want to bring both those
> suitcases to Norway , the man behind the counter said.
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> Mary had no money. Her new husband had travelled ahead of her to Norway ,
> and she had no one else to call.
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> -I was completely desperate and tried to think which of my things I could
> manage without. But I had already made such a careful selection of my most
> prized possessions, says Mary.
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> As tears streamed down her face, she heard a "gentle and friendly voice"
> behind her saying, "That's okay, I'll pay for her."
> Mary turned around to see a tall man whom she had never seen before.
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> -He had a gentle and kind voice that was still firm and decisive. The first
> thing I thought was, Who is this man?
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> Although this happened 20 years ago, Mary still remembers the authority that
> radiated from the man.
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> -He was nicely dressed, fashionably dressed with brown leather shoes, a
> cotton shirt open at the throat and khaki pants, says Mary.
>
> She was thrilled to be able to bring both her suitcases to Norway and
> assured the stranger that he would get his money back. The man wrote his
> name and address on a piece of paper that he gave to Mary. She thanked him
> repeatedly. When she finally walked off towards the security checkpoint, he
> waved goodbye to her.
>
> Who was the man?
>
> Barack Obama.
>
> Twenty years later, she is thrilled that the friendly stranger at the
> airport may be the next President and has voted for him already and donated
> 100 dollars to his campaign:
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> -He was my knight in shining armor, says Mary, smiling.
>
> She paid the 103 dollars back to Obama the day after she arrived in Norway .
> At that time he had just finished his job as a poorly paid community worker*
> in Chicago , and had started his law studies at prestigious Harvard
> university.
>
> Mary even convinced her parents to vote for him:
>
> In the spring of 2006 Mary's parents had heard that Obama was considering a
> run for president, but that he had still not decided. They chose to write a
> letter in which they told him that he would receive their votes. At the same
> time, they thanked Obama for helping their daughter 18 years earlier.
>
> And Obama replied:
>
> In a letter to Mary's parents dated May 4th, 2006 and stamped 'United States
> Senate, Washington DC ', Barack Obama writes:
>
> 'I want to thank you for the lovely things you wrote about me and for
> reminding me of what happened at Miami airport. I'm happy I could help back
> then, and I'm delighted to hear that your daughter is happy in Norway .
> Please send her my best wishes. Sincerely, Barack Obama , United States
> Senator'.
>
> The parents sent the letter on to Mary.
>
> Mary says that when her friends and associates talk about the election,
> especially when race relations is the heated subject, she relates the story
> of the k ind man who helped out a stranger-in-need over twenty years ago,
> years before he had even thought about running for high office.
>
> Truly a wonderful story, and something that needs to be passed along in the
> maelstorm of fear-and-smear politics we are being subjected to right now.
>
> UPDATE: Thanks for the recommends, folks! Also, remember this was 1988, when
> 100 dollars was quite a bit of money, compared to today's value.
>
> By the way, this would be the perfect antidote to the Smear E-mails going
> around. If anyone has a good long email chain list, shoot it out, and let it
> be passed along.
>
>
> "That One"
> Needs Your Support 4 Nov. 08
>
>
> OBAMA 08
>
> Here's a link to the original story:
> http://leishacamden.blogspot.com/2008/10/not-that-it-matters.html
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