Y2K can help us build better families and communities by pulling together. When I was in my late teens, I worked as an ambulance attendant, and later, as an ambulance driver. I have seen how people behave in times of crisis. Strangers help each other. I see people helping the same way when television reports on the latest flood, earthquake, or fire.
People use their hands to dig a stranger out of debris.
More than that, even rivals help each other. In a recent earthquake in Turkey, even Greece, a long-time rival, sent rescuers and supplies. Helping other in times of crisis is not just an American tradition, it is engrained in humanity. Just as war destroys communities, cooperation builds communities. Cooperation builds civilization.