Subject: Fw: Witness from Mel Gibson





> Here is a true story by Paul Harvey. You will be
> surprised whom this young man turns out to be.
>
> Years ago, a hardworking man took his family from the
> state of New York to Australia to take advantage of a
> work opportunity there. Part of his man's family was a
> handsome young son who had aspirations of joining
> the circus as a trapeze artist or becoming an actor.
> This young fellow, biding his time until a circus job
> or even one as a stagehand came along, worked at the
> local shipyards, which bordered on the worse section
> of town.
>
> Walking home from work one evening this young man was
> attacked by five thugs who wanted to rob him. Instead
> of just giving up his money, the young fellow
> resisted. However, they bested him easily and
> proceeded to beat his body brutally with clubs,
> leaving him for dead. When the police happened to
> find him lying in the road, they assumed he was dead
> and called for the Morgue Wagon.
>
> On the way to the morgue, a police officer heard him
> gasp for air, and they immediately took him to the
> emergency unit at the hospital. When he was placed on
> a gurney, a nurse remarked, to her horror, that this
> young man no longer had a face. Each eye socket was
> smashed, his skull, legs, and arms fractured, his nose
> literally hanging from his face, all his teeth were
> gone, and his jaw was almost completely torn from his
> skull. Although his life was spared, he spent over a
> year in the hospital. When he finally left, his body
> may have healed but his face was disgusting to look
> at. He was no longer the handsome youth that
> everyone admired.
>
> When the young man started to look for work, everyone,
> just because of the way he looked, turned him down.
> One potential employer suggested to him that he join
> the freak show at the circus as "The Man Who Had No
> Face." He did this for a while. He was still
> rejected by everyone and no one wanted to be seen in
> his company. He had thoughts of suicide. This went on
> for five years.
>
> One day he passed a church and sought some solace
> there. Entering the church, he encountered a priest
> who had seen him sobbing while kneeling in a pew. The
> priest took pity on him and took him to the rectory
> where they talked at length. The priest was impressed
> with him to such a degree that he said that he would
> do everything possible for him that could be done to
> restore his dignity and life if the young man would
> promise to be the best Catholic he could be and trust
> in God's mercy to free him from his torturous life.
> The young man went to Mass and communion everyday and
> after thanking God for saving his life, asked only
> that God give him peace of mind and the grace to be
> the best man he could ever be in His eyes.
>
> The priest, through his personal contacts, was able to
> secure the services of the best plastic surgeon in
> Australia. There would be no cost to the young man
> because the doctor was the priest's best friend.
> The doctor too was so impressed by the young man,
> whose outlook now on life, even though he had
> experienced the worst, was filled with good humor and
> love. The surgery was a miraculous success. All the
> best dental work was also done for him. And the young
> man became everything he promised God he would be.
>
> He was also blessed with a wonderful, beautiful wife,
> many children, and success in an industry which would
> have been the farthest thing from his mind as a
> career-- if not for the goodness of God and the love
> of the
> people who cared for him. This he acknowledges
> publicly.
>
> The young man was Mel Gibson. His life was the
> inspiration for his production of the movie "The Man
> Without A Face." He is to be admired by all of us as
> a God-fearing man, a political conservative and an
> example to all of a true man of courage.
>
> Mel Gibson has produced the movie "The Passion of the
> Christ." This is his way of thanking God for his many
> blessings. And it's also his way of showing us how
> Christ truly suffered. He's gotten a lot of slack
> from Hollywood for doing this movie. Please e-mail
> this to everyone you know. And go see the movie when
> it's released on Feb. 25th. It will change your life
> forever.