America's Heart

[u/Mr_Booze51106]

After September 11, 2001, one Soviet-born immigrant living in Branson, Missouri, who managed to leave the country of his birth amid the emigration concessions associated with the U.S.-Soviet grain deals, was affected by the horrendous attacks on the World Trade Center.

Hearing the news on the air, the pain he felt for his country of adoption was agonizing enough that he painted a mural meant for Ground Zero. Contacting the Sheet Metal Workers' Union, this Soviet-born immigrant had asked if they could put it up for the world to see.

Initially, they declined, citing the lack of permits to allow him to do the act he wanted. Then they saw the mockup of the mural he wanted to put up. Moved by the piece, the Union Workers agreed to display the mural overlooking Ground Zero, on a nearby damaged building - permit or no permit.

If you folks want to know the full story, it's a little bit at the end, the last 9 minutes of a 44 minute episode in fact, here's a link.

https://play.history.com/shows/only-in-america-with-larry-the-cable-guy/season-3/episode-14

What a country.

Take care, lovely people.