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This Is Nebraska

The Mighty Favog sends this photo from Pilger, Nebraska. The photographer is Kent Sievers. Favog says the man in the wheelchair is a volunteer who came to the town to help a friend whose house was destroyed. In a wheelchair. A volunteer. Call me sentimental, I don’t care, but I’ve got to say that this image […]
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Rod Dreher
Jun 24, 2014 6:34 AM

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The Mighty Favog sends this photo from Pilger, Nebraska. The photographer is Kent Sievers. Favog says the man in the wheelchair is a volunteer who came to the town to help a friend whose house was destroyed.

In a wheelchair. A volunteer.

Call me sentimental, I don’t care, but I’ve got to say that this image makes me proud to be an American.

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