r/MadeMeSmile • u/RoyalChris • Feb 25 '25

Wholesome Moments Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis and his efforts went unrecognised for 50 years. Then, in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he had rescued, who were now adults.

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u/ms_kathi Feb 25 '25

I know, this is the kind of world I want to live in!

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u/windyorbits Feb 25 '25

You’re in it right now!

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u/xwaspofthepalisadesx Feb 25 '25

i know this is a bit silly but i found this so profound

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u/windyorbits Feb 26 '25

Sometimes it’s hard to look away from something awful because it’s so shocking that you can’t help but stare at it - so you end up not noticing the good things happening right beside the awful.

Like how everyone in traffic slows down to stare at the burning wreckage of a car accident but we don’t really get to see the first responders tending to the burned hands of the good samaritan who pulled a stranger’s family from the wreckage before their car became engulfed in flames.