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Saturday, September 3, 2011

The Survivor Tree

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Once you get past the advertising, there's a great story here.
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18 comments:

  1. Jane and Lance HattattSeptember 4, 2011 at 1:11 AM

    Hello:
    What an amazing story of survival. The tenacity for life which growing things show is truly inspirational, this is such a wonderful story of hope and the ability to overcome evil.

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  2. BirdieSeptember 4, 2011 at 1:28 AM

    Yowsa! I had my volume turned up and jumped out of my skin when the commercial went on. I can't say you didn't warn me. meh

    I did love the story though. Living things fight to live. We want to live. Be is a tree, a dog, a crow or a person. The will to survive is amazing.

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  3. SteveSeptember 4, 2011 at 2:55 AM

    A story of inspiration and hope.

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  4. English RiderSeptember 4, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    This is just a small snippet of the story. I've been watching some documentaries, in which Spielberg and DreamWorks had a hand, one man, who was there ten years ago when the tree was discovered, worked clearing the rubble. He is a City worker and has followed and helped nurture this tree from the beginning. He knows that his health has been seriously damaged by his exposure to all of the dust but made the return of this symbolic tree his mission in life.

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  5. JeanSeptember 4, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Amazing how life insists and demands despite even the worst attempts to crush it.

    What a great story. Thanks for posting.

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  6. CiCiSeptember 5, 2011 at 5:40 AM

    Symbolic of so much for all of us.
    Thanks for sharing this video.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    What a truly moving story!
    The tree is a symbol of survival, of staying alive in spite of all evil.

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  8. DeborahSeptember 5, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    Well, that choked me up completely. Thanks for passing on this lovely story, ER.

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  9. OwenSeptember 5, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    Had no advertising, and am just amazed that anything could have survived under the rubble, you'd think it would have been shredded and ground to sawdust in such a calamity. And can't believe either that it has been ten years.

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  10. English RiderSeptember 5, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Jean, I'm amazed this story hasn't crossed my path until now. It has all the makings of a legend.
    TechnoBabe, from what I've seen, they're doing a great job restoring a living memorial of hundreds of trees to ground zero.
    Duta, I would make the trip just to see this tree.
    Deborah, I know just what you mean.
    Owen, a decade much too quickly gone, and what to show for it? Just keep doing what we can, where we are, with what we have. Did you see that the tree had its own flag at the nursery?

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  11. LydiaSeptember 6, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    Thank you for this. How very special. Tomorrow I will go give my pear tree in the front yard some extra special attention in honor of the Survivor Tree.

    We are in for some heart-tugging, heart-warming stories in the days leading up to the tenth anniversary of 9-11. This is one of the best.

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  12. Don't Feed The PixiesSeptember 8, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    my browser wouldnt take me any further than the advert for the sit-com

    Still - nice to see Danny DeVito still getting work

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  13. English RiderSeptember 8, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    Pixie, The ad must be different each time. It's worth googling Survivor Pear tree, ground zero, to read about this living thing found, broken under the rubble, nursed back to health and returned to the memorial park beneath the new towers.

    Lydia, I always come away with the knowledge that good people far outnumber the bad.

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  14. SmitoniusAndSonataSeptember 9, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    A wonderful symbol of our ability and determination to survive .

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  15. KerrySeptember 9, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Wow what a story, new to me, and what perfect timing. I think it's pretty neat how they planted a little orchard there; I hope they're all as tough as this little tree.

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  16. @elohSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    I didn't know about this tree either. Someone really had a green thumb in order to get it to suvive both times.

    I can across something the other day on horses that was fasinating in an unusual odd, very odd way. I saved it for you and now I can't find the notepad... when I do I'll just toss it over.

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  17. Frances GarroodSeptember 13, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    I've only just seen this - what a lovely story!

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  18. English RiderSeptember 13, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    S&S ...and gracefully so.

    Kerry,trees are great symbols for life.

    @eloh, I can't wait to see what you send me.

    Frances, "The Little Tree that Could"

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