President Frames Americans In Wake Of Boston Bombings

We may or may not agree with everything the President says but I really thought he captured the spirit of Americans well in this excerpt from a statement released by his press secretary. He sent condolences to the families of those lost and injured, admiration to the first responders and comforts to Boston at large. And then he said this of Americans:

"We also know this -- the American people refuse to be terrorized.  Because what the world saw yesterday in the aftermath of the explosions were stories of heroism and kindness, and generosity and love:  Exhausted runners who kept running to the nearest hospital to give blood, and those who stayed to tend to the wounded, some tearing off their own clothes to make tourniquets.  The first responders who ran into the chaos to save lives.  The men and women who are still treating the wounded at some of the best hospitals in the world, and the medical students who hurried to help, saying “When we heard, we all came in.”  The priests who opened their churches and ministered to the hurt and the fearful.  And the good people of Boston who opened their homes to the victims of this attack and those shaken by it.

So if you want to know who we are, what America is, how we respond to evil -- that’s it.  Selflessly.  Compassionately.  Unafraid."

Amen Mr President