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Thursday, September 12, 2013

What love can do in the face of tragedy -

Posted on 8:54 AM by Unknown
 From the TED web site:

Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi have a powerful friendship born of unthinkable loss. 

Rodriguez' son was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001; el-Wafi's son Zacarias Moussaoui was convicted of a role in those attacks and is serving a life sentence.

In hoping to find peace, these two moms have come to understand and respect one another.

Aicha el-Wafi and Phyllis Rodriguez met around a shared tragedy -- and their friendship has become a powerful symbol for forgiveness and dialogue.

Presentation was filmed in December 2010.

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