The dateline reminds me of the haunting song about coal mining familes titled You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive:
APPALACHIAN REGION GLADLY DIGS DEEP FOR TSUNAMI AID
By Roger Alford, AP
HARLAN, Ky. -- Devastating flooding is hardly a world-away concept for folks in the steep hillsides and hollows of Appalachia, and many, even those with precious little themselves, are finding ways to help the tsunami victims.
With contributions of $1, $5 and coins from children's piggy banks, the mountain residents are remembering and repaying the kindness they have received in their own flooding disasters.
"You're going to find that Appalachian people will send money to help others even if they have to do without food themselves,'' said Bill Barker, head of the Appalachian Regional Ministry in Scott Depot, W.Va....
At a Harlan County school where 80 percent of children are poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, students have raised $600 and counting...
Hopkins called the amount remarkable.
"Some of these are children who get free lunches, their parents on welfare, and they're giving every penny they can find,'' she said.
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