Another great one gone

The Bayou Renaissanceman has this in his blog from yesterday, about the death of Irena Sendler, a hero of the Holocaust. She worked in the infamous Warsaw Ghetto, but "Irena Sendler did not think of herself as a hero. She claimed no credit for her actions. "I could have done more," she said. "This regret will follow me to my death." She has been honored by international Jewish organizations - in 1965 she accorded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem organization in Jerusalem and in 1991 she was made an honorary citizen of Israel. Irena Sendler was awarded Poland's highest distinction, the Order of White Eagle, in Warsaw Monday Nov. 10, 2003, and she was announced as the 2003 winner of the Jan Karski award for Valor and Courage. She has officially been designated a national hero in Poland and schools are named in her honor. Annual Irena Sendler days are celebrated throughout Europe and the United States." Irena Sendler died 12 May 2008, at the age of 98.

Rico says if these things don't bring a tear to your eye, have your humanity checked by a professional immediately...