Mendon, Missouri
> And the most unusual thing about all this is: None of this is unusual. At least not within the national tapestry that is The Great American Small Town.<p>It also isn't unusual in the cities. Humans are wonderful and terrible everywhere. It reminds me of the 30 Rock episode where Jack and Liz go to Georgia to find a new comedian in touch with the "real America" and Liz keeps insisting that all Americans are real Americans and there is no "real America."<p>The acts of people after 9/11 in NYC remind us of the good in humans just as this small town inspires us.<p>As Mr Rogers said, "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."