The event attracted a crowd of grandparents and their children and grandchildren; 120 celebrants shared food, a film of the Operation and a lively talk about some of the refugees who arrived on that airlift in May, 1991. “Being a part of the Operation was an experience I’ll never forget--it was history in the making,” Judie recalled. “But even in the midst of all that drama there was comedy--one of the problems I was asked to solve that day was to redirect a group of young Ethiopian kids who’d never seen an elevator before. They’d been gleefully riding up and down for hours and preventing everyone else from moving around the building. I had to bribe them with candy to get them to stop!”
Here's Judie reading at the event:
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| Photo credit: Krystyna Lagowski |
Thanks to everyone who came out!
