Community Rallies Around Neighbor in Need

[The Straight Story]

Community Rallies Around Neighbor in Need

(CBS) There's a timeless quality in the Cumberland mountains of western Maryland, where steam engines puff through the valley on picturesque stretches of track.

The trains unload railroad buffs, who pay good money to get great shots. CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod reports, no place was better than Helmstetter's curve, where John Helmsetter's barn made for the perfect picture.

So imagine the shock, when one day, the barn was simply gone - burned to the ground in a fire. John Helmstetter lost one third of his cattle. His border collie Teddy perished as well.

"My whole life was going up, ya know? It was gone," Helmstetter said.

The cost to rebuild was nearly $100,000. Money that John just didn't have.

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Hundreds of local Amish showed up, providing three full days of strong backs and experienced hands.

"There's no way I could get everything accomplished without all the help and everybody pitching in," Helmstetter said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/01/eveningnews/main6045669.shtml

[Flying Dream Blues]

1. Kicking for a feel-good story...nt

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. Hmmm...sounds like folks who actually follow the teachings of Jesus

so unlike our Christians.