When we hear the words “Las Vegas”
many extravagant things come to mind such as bright lights, show girls,
gambling, and the big one; money. The piece “Sucked into the Tunnels Beneath
Las Vegas” by Adam Burke brought to life the reality of this show town along
with what else is present that is not seen by the typical tourist or avid
gambler.
One
point that really stood out to me was the fact that the man leading Adam Burke
through the storm drains, Matt O’Brien provided a Thanksgiving dinner to some
guys he had met and became close with during his adventures down into the
tunnel s beneath the city. O’Brien had
met over one hundred people during his voyages down into the tunnels and had
thought so much of and been touched by these guys that he provided them a
thanksgiving dinner. One of the men
stated, “We came back and there was Thanksgiving dinner on each of our beds; a
big turkey and stuffing. It was pretty
good.” The men had not seen Matt for
over a year since before he brought them the dinner and that was still the
first thing they said when they saw him.
This selfless act meant a whole lot to these men who fight to have
anything in “sin city”.
This point of the story really
caught my attention. Not only because if
how nice of a gesture this was on Matt O’Brien’s part, but also because my
family does close to the same thing for our farm hands who do not have much on
both Thanksgiving and Christmas. We
provide three or four families that help us on our farm with the typical
turkey, stuffing, corn, green beans and homemade pumpkin pie. Even though we do it every year, the workers
still react the same as they did the first time; extremely thankful and they
never forget what you did for them.
Simple acts of kindness like this go a long way whether it be in the
storm drains beneath Las Vegas or in the trailer park of my small rural town.
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