Tienanmen Square Anniversary

On this day, June 5th 1989, the World witnessed one of the great moments of History. Students were protesting in Tienanmen Square,Beijing China. They were calling for democracy. Their demonstration was peaceful but the army was called out to disperse them. According to the Chinese Red Cross, as many as three thousand people were killed. It was on the last day of the protest when the army had reclaimed the square that an amazing event happened. An unidentified man refused to stand idle and watch the brutality any more and walked out in the front of a line of Army tanks while they were rolling down Tienanmen Square in a column. With no care for his own safety he just stood in front of the lead tank and refused to move. Just before he was about to be run over, a miracle happened. The Tank stopped. The driver of the tank just couldn't kill a man of such honor and bravery. You can see the evidence of the struggle of conscience inside the heart of that Tank Commander. He steers the tank to the side to try to move around this one man but the student steps into his path again and again. I cried when I watched that news clip. This lone man showed us on that day that we are not powerless. We are not the victims of the Evils of the World. He showed us that it is our responsibility to do what is right where ever we are. This unknown man showed us that we are more powerful than the greatest Army if we will only do what we know is right in our hearts.