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Why we’re so grateful at the return of the astronauts
In a tired, divided world, humanity found something to cheer for together.
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Nasa astronaut Butch Wilmore being helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after the astronauts landed in the waters on March 18.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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My friend, a most wonderful sentimentalist, awoke at 5am in India on March 19 and checked her phone and wept after watching a video. Parachutes opened like flowers, a capsule descended,
Relief was the prevailing emotion followed by wonder and thankfulness. So divided are we by nationality, religion and ideology that this moment felt refreshing. All of us were just so grateful at the return of strangers.
