ＡＢＣニュースの２月３日のナイトラインニュースの中で
今週の人物というコーナーで取り上げられた話だ。
2007年に海兵隊に入隊しこの春には5回目になる最後の遠征を追えてアフガニスタンから帰国する予定だったSgt. William Stacey が
1月31日、パトロール中に敵の爆発物によって命を落とした。
あと数ヶ月で帰国できたのに…ニュースキャスターのダイアン・ソイアーが
言葉を続ける。
彼が、自分にもしものことがあった時の為に書き残しておいた手紙が見つかった。
シアトルタイムズに掲載された彼の手紙だ。
“Perhaps I did not change the world. Perhaps there is still injustice in the world. But there will be a child who will live because men left the security they enjoyed in their home country to come to his. And this child will learn in the new schools that have been built. He will walk his streets not worried about whether or not his leader’s henchmen are going to come and kidnap him. He will grow into a fine man who will pursue every opportunity his heart could desire. He will have the gift of freedom, which I have enjoyed for so long. If my life buys the safety of a child who will one day change this world, then I know that it was all worth it.”
安らかにやすんでください。
今週の人物というコーナーで取り上げられた話だ。
2007年に海兵隊に入隊しこの春には5回目になる最後の遠征を追えてアフガニスタンから帰国する予定だったSgt. William Stacey が
1月31日、パトロール中に敵の爆発物によって命を落とした。
あと数ヶ月で帰国できたのに…ニュースキャスターのダイアン・ソイアーが
言葉を続ける。
彼が、自分にもしものことがあった時の為に書き残しておいた手紙が見つかった。
シアトルタイムズに掲載された彼の手紙だ。
“Perhaps I did not change the world. Perhaps there is still injustice in the world. But there will be a child who will live because men left the security they enjoyed in their home country to come to his. And this child will learn in the new schools that have been built. He will walk his streets not worried about whether or not his leader’s henchmen are going to come and kidnap him. He will grow into a fine man who will pursue every opportunity his heart could desire. He will have the gift of freedom, which I have enjoyed for so long. If my life buys the safety of a child who will one day change this world, then I know that it was all worth it.”
安らかにやすんでください。
