Posted on 04/09/2006 8:01:28 PM PDT by doug from upland
He's about the only broadcaster still doing baseball today that knew Abner Doubleday personally.
I corrected the mistake.
Was that Terry Anderson a black businessman from Los Angeles? :)
Terry sent me an email thanking all of you for this thread.
Sorry Terry Anderson was a hostage in Lebanon.
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1990_cr/s900320-anderson.htm
TERRY ANDERSON BEGINS SIXTH YEAR OF CAPTIVITY (Senate - March 20, 1990)
[Page: S2709]
Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I rise today to remind my colleagues that Terry Anderson is now entering his sixth year of captivity in Lebanon. Last Friday, March 16, we commemorated the end of his fifth year. Today marks his 1,830th day in captivity.
Mr. President, during that time, Terry Anderson has lost his father and his brother. His daughter was born. She is now 4 and has never seen her father.
When Terry Anderson was taken hostage on March 16, 1985, Ferdinand Marcos was in power, Solidarity was struggling against martial law, and the Iran-Contra affair had yet to make headlines. Since then, crack cocaine has gripped our cities, the cold war has ended, and the once widespread political ideology of totalitarianism has died. And this. And Terry Anderson has remained chained to a wall in a basement, somewhere in Beirut.
I would like to recall today the sad and sobering words of French journalist and former hostage Jean-Paul Kauffman, who wrote on the fourth anniversary of Terry Anderson's captivity:
The truth is that the hostages in Lebanon today have become the damned of the West. Without hope of being saved, imprisoned in silence and darkness, deprived of the sight of the world of the living, forgotten, they no longer represent anything. * * * The most tragic thing is that this torment is administered as much from the outside by countries and people indifferent to their fate as on the inside by their captors.
Mr. Kauffman's poignant thoughts struck me then, as they do now. The plight of the hostages in Lebanon requires our constant care and attention. We must do all we can to convey to Terry Anderson and the others that we have not forgotten, that we are not indifferent, and that we will not stop fighting for their release until they are resting safely in their homes. Captivity is a day-to-day ordeal for them; it has to be for us as well.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that three articles appearing in the Washington Post over the weekend be printed in the Record at this point. One concerns the ceremony held in Lafayette Square on March 16, commemorating Terry Anderson's fifth year of captivity. The other two address the issues being raised by United States efforts to secure the release of the hostages.
There being no objection, the articles were ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
I know. I guess I failed at trying to be humorous with my response.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345390547/104-6016191-0364756?v=glance&n=283155
Den of Lions (Paperback)
by Terry Anderson "Seven years in chains while love lies barren, while children grow; one lost, one not known, and others left unseeded now will never be..." (more)
Thanks for the link. I lived through it and followed the story.
Check out this link.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9611/29/anderson/
Sorry, Doug. I should have read the thread before I said something.
:)
No problem whatsoever. I should be apologizing to a guy whom I thought had departed.
I'm sure he would laugh it off! Stan is the Man.
Incredible guy, a local hero....
Unbelievable, but true, Hank. Vinnie seems to be in good health also. I love his golden voice and the way he calls the game ... although, he gets a bit cranky sometimes with his second-guessing. But, overall, he is our treasure.
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