'Littlest refusenik' on Kennedy: 'He saved my life'

[RayMan]

A heartwarming story about Ted Kennedy.

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BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- She was called "the littlest refusenik," one of the many Soviet Jews denied permission to leave the Soviet Union because her father had been exposed to government secrets.

But the case of Jessica Katz was special because she was a baby born with a nutritional deficiency that stopped her from growing. She was a tiny baby dying in a Moscow hospital, getting weaker by the day.

It was U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy who, her parents say, eventually saved her life.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/26/littlest.refusenik.kennedy/index.html

[DLaw911]

A heartwarming story about Ted Kennedy.

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BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- She was called "the littlest refusenik," one of the many Soviet Jews denied permission to leave the Soviet Union because her father had been exposed to government secrets.

But the case of Jessica Katz was special because she was a baby born with a nutritional deficiency that stopped her from growing. She was a tiny baby dying in a Moscow hospital, getting weaker by the day.

It was U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy who, her parents say, eventually saved her life.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/26/littlest.refusenik.kennedy/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/26/littlest.refusenik.kennedy/index.html)[/quote]Ted Kennedy didn't go around bragging about the good things he did out of the kindness of his heart to help other people. Many of us should learn from his example.

In 1972 I was in Washington DC on vacation and wandered into the (then) unsecured Senate office building and there he was. I walked over and said hello (as I did to several other Senators). He asked me where I was from and I told him and he asked if I had a business card. I told him I was just stating law school and he asked me to write down my name and address. When I got home from my long trip there was a handwritten letter from Teddy wishing me the best of luck in my career. he even enclosed an autographed photo. He never asked me about my politics. He just took me at face value. Of the other Senators I met none gave me the time of day.

[RayMan]

Ted"]http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/26/littlest.refusenik.kennedy/index.html[/URL][/COLOR][/URL]Ted Kennedy didn't go around bragging about the good things he did out of the kindness of his heart to help other people. Many of us should learn from his example.

In 1972 I was in Washington DC on vacation and wandered into the (then) unsecured Senate office building and there he was. I walked over and said hello (as I did to several other Senators). He asked me where I was from and I told him and he asked if I had a business card. I told him I was just stating law school and he asked me to write down my name and address. When I got home from my long trip there was a handwritten letter from Teddy wishing me the best of luck in my career. he even enclosed an autographed photo. He never asked me about my politics. He just took me at face value. Of the other Senators I met none gave me the time of day.[/QUOTE]

He seems to have been a genuinely caring and extremely personable kind of guy.

[MR. MISTER]

A heartwarming story about Ted Kennedy.

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BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- She was called "the littlest refusenik," one of the many Soviet Jews denied permission to leave the Soviet Union because her father had been exposed to government secrets.

But the case of Jessica Katz was special because she was a baby born with a nutritional deficiency that stopped her from growing. She was a tiny baby dying in a Moscow hospital, getting weaker by the day.

It was U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy who, her parents say, eventually saved her life.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/26/littlest.refusenik.kennedy/index.html
I heard the story - an interview with her father on NPR "All Things Considered" on my way home from work.

Great story.
Transcript of interview / audio -
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112264395