In a world of increase, the numbers rise.
A billion of us watched Florencia Avalos emerge at an angle from the solid depths as loved ones cried, politicians beamed, and the rest of us cheered.
The 14th miner, Victor Segovia, has just been saved as we write this. We learn he is a poet and father of five. The president of Chile wishes him well, saying, "You have your whole life ahead of you." CNN plays Bob Marley, Victor's favorite music, as he is loaded into the ambulance. "Welcome back," someone says.
Such powerful TV links all of us, all of us with our whole lives ahead.
The sun rises continually on a new world.
The sun rises continually on a new world.
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