This is a real life story of an engineer John Roebling building the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA. In 1883, a creative engineer John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with long island. But , expert engineers thought that this was an impossible feet and advised John Roebling to forget the idea.
John Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind about the bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew that it could be done, though many discouraged him to drop the plan he believed in himself and managed to convince his son washington who is also an engineer that the bridge in fact could be built. Working together for the first time the father and the son developed concepts, of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. They hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge. The project started well and when it passed a few months underway a tragic accident on the side took the life of John Roebling. Washington was also injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in not being able to walk or talk " We told them so". "Crazy men and their crazy dreams", it's foolish to chase wild visions',
Inspite of his disablitiy Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever. He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends , but they were daunted by the task.
As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.
It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.
He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.
For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal.
John Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind about the bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew that it could be done, though many discouraged him to drop the plan he believed in himself and managed to convince his son washington who is also an engineer that the bridge in fact could be built. Working together for the first time the father and the son developed concepts, of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. They hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge. The project started well and when it passed a few months underway a tragic accident on the side took the life of John Roebling. Washington was also injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in not being able to walk or talk " We told them so". "Crazy men and their crazy dreams", it's foolish to chase wild visions',
Inspite of his disablitiy Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever. He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends , but they were daunted by the task.
As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.
It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.
He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.
For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal.
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