Hands Across America

怀念Michael Jackson特写 (6)

我最难忘的一幕就是参加了这个Hands Across America 伟大活动，我很荣幸能在线上，虽然已经是23年前的事了，但让我想起Michael Jackson 当时热心参与的事迹。
上面是我参加得到的证书，下面是我当时当星洲日报的海外特约记者撰写的特别报道

献上这首当时令我震撼的歌曲 : HANDS ACROSS AMERICA, 请按此欣赏



On the afternoon of Sunday, May 25, 1986, more than five million people joined hands to form a line that stretched 4,152 miles -- from New York City's Battery Park to a pier in Long Beach, California. This much-hyped mega-event, called Hands Across America, was intended to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness. From New York, where 200,000 people participated, the line crossed the East River by means of the George Washington Bridge. Passing through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, it dipped down to the nation's capital and across the White House grounds before extending to Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and Dallas. Continuing across the desert Southwest, through Albuquerque and Phoenix, it came to an end at Long Beach, having crossed sixteen states in all. For fifteen minutes, beginning at 3 p.m. EST, participants joined hands and sang "We Are The World," "America the Beautiful," and the Hands Across America theme. Among those who took part: Jazzercisers, Hell's Angels, disabled teenagers and nursing home residents, Hopi and Navajo Indians, 500 Little Leaguers at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, numerous celebrities, and President Ronald Reagan.