The war comes home to Brooklyn

The blog Williamsburg is Dead pointed us to this New York Times story about how the war between Russia and Georgia is affecting Georgians living here in our neighborhood, focusing on the worshippers at St. Nino's on South 2nd.

"So many people came to pray...that some were forced to kneel in the doorway and the lobby," the story says. The parishioners are hearing about bombings nearly in real time from their families, and also calling on the United Nations to step in. (Since the story ran, France attempted to broker a cease-fire, and President Bush just announced that the US will be sending humanitarian aid to Georgia and sending Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to attempt to negotiate a settlement.)

I can't imagine how difficult it would be to have loved ones in a war zone. Kind of puts things into perspective, doesn't it?

—Mikki