All the News That's Fit to Print . . . .

For anyone that does not know it, the title of this blog is the tagline that's been a part of the NY Times banner since, well since the beginning of the paper I suppose. I sometimes add my own tag, ". . . and some of it that isn't", when I read some of the stories, or even some whole sections of this pretty good newspaper. Anyway, the point of this lead is to say that this morning (Saturnday, 29 July) I opend the Metro section to see yet another murder of yet another innocent, but before I could put the paper down, my eyes moved to Dan Barry's About New York column.

There is no way that I can do Mr. Barry's writing any justice, but a short synopsis:


23 month old son of hardworking lower class family falls from unguarded seventh floor window and SURVIVES with a broken leg and a few bruised but intact organs. This is a kid who was born premature at 3 pounds and has already beat the odds once. He was being supervised, but we all know how easily this could have happened.

Was he lucky? It would be hard to say that he was not. Lucky that he was holding on to a pillow that cushioned his fall, lucky to land on one of the few grassy patches that are found around public housing projects. Lucky to have the caring and support of a strong family.

Was it a miracle? I can't really say, but after reading this story four times, three of them aloud to various friends and family members I am left with a feeling that there is a reason that this boy will remain among us, a reason we may never know, but just the same he is here, he will survive and from what I can glean from the article he and his family will cherish every moment of his life as they have done up to this point -- as should we all.