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Editorial by Romanian Journalist About the American Spirit Strikes Chord in U.S.
Thursday, October 18, 2001
(8:16 PM ET)
By Alison Mutler / The Associated Press

"Only freedom can work such miracles."

BUCHAREST, Romania -- AP
Banging out his column on an aging typewriter, Romanian journalist Cornel Nistorescu had no idea how broad a chord his "Ode to America" would strike among Americans on the other side of the world.

"Your article made me proud. It made me cry," wrote Sharon Givens, a high school teacher in Pittsburgh, of the column, a salute to the American spirit in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Nistorescu, managing director of the daily newspaper Evenimentul Zilei -- News of the Day -- published his editorial Sept 24, two days after watching a celebrity telethon in New York for victims of the attacks.
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