When Every Bottle Counted
In April 1994, as machete-wielding Interahamwe militia swept through Kigali, Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina faced an impossible situation with nothing but a hotel at his disposal....
This is a contemporary on courage and compassion, drawing on Matthew 25:35.
In April 1994, as machete-wielding Interahamwe militia swept through Kigali, Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina faced an impossible situation with nothing but a hotel at his disposal. The Hutu manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines — a four-star property owned by Belgian airline Sabena — began taking in Tutsi neighbors and strangers fleeing the genocide that would claim over 800,000 lives in one hundred days.…
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