Finally, somebody interviews one of MY people after the Oklahoma tragedy!

Courtesy of Mediaite:

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer demonstrated why you should never assume someone believes in God while interviewing a survivor of the Oklahoma tornado Tuesday afternoon. Blitzer spoke to a young woman named Rebecca, who escaped with her 19-month-old son just moments before the tornado destroyed their home. 

While their narrow escape from harm may have seemed miraculous, Rebecca evidently didn’t see it that way. At the end of the interview, Blitzer told her, “You’re blessed. Brian, your husband is blessed. Anders is blessed… I guess you got to thank the lord, right?” When the woman shrugged off the question, he repeated it, asking, “Do you thank the lord for that split-second decision?” 

“I–I’m actually an atheist,” she responded. After the awkward laughter that followed, she added, “We are here and you know, I don’t blame anybody for thanking the lord.” 

“Of course not,” Blitzer replied. 

Of course I also do not blame anybody for thanking God, regardless of which God it is, for their survival. What these people went through must have frightened them to their very core.

However I cannot help but feel a powerful sense of pride when I see somebody strong enough to go through something like that without the need to seek solace in mythological beings.

And the fact she said it on national television? So awesome!