A Mother's Love

I've been watching parts of the Miracle on the Hudson special on The Early Show this morning.
They interviewed a wheelchair-bound mother and her grown daughter who were passengers on the plane. After they landed in the river and were preparing to evacuate, the mom told her daughter, "Leave me." Maggie Rodriguez laughed and asked, "Why would you tell her to leave you?" Her response did not surprise me, but it did make me cry. She responded, "Because she is more important than I am . . . ."
When so much on TV is young celebrites saying "me, me, me," this mother showed America what a mother's love truly is. She told the daughter to leave her behind because she is a mother. It is as simple as that.