The several dozen beach-goers who saved a family of nine from a rip current on the panhandle of Florida over the weekend did the sort of good deed that most people only imagine.
But they also provided us with an image for how we can pull our country out of some of its current troubles.
The British government's rejection of an offer by Vatican-run Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital to treat 1-year-old Charlie Gard's rare genetic condition is a heart-breaking example of why the bureaucratic nanny-state is a danger to human rights and the dignity of the elderly, infirm, and dying.
The European Court of Human Rights has declined to hear an appeal from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which has refused to allow the parents of little Charlie to take him to Italy or the United States for experimental treatment. The courts laughably cite human rights concerns as the basis for their rulings. In the interim, a child remains without life-saving medical care that he could receive in another country, while his parents are enjoined from doing anything to help him. The European nanny-state has sentenced little Charlie to death.
