Samantha stepped out of the comfort zone of what was being filtered to her by media & government about the rest of the world to find out for herself ie: Reagan's "Evil Empire comment about the Soviet Union. We hear echos from Bush's "Axis of Evil" comments. This gives children nightmares. To hell with war mongers who push & prod other countries to war. Shame on ignorant people who believe these rants of aggression from their leaders. Shame on them in the light of a brave girl named Samantha.
I remembered her during 80s. I was a teenager at that time. i was wondering and keen to know whether todays American kids and teenagers knows about her.
Samantha, I read about you today, I born the same year you did, 1972. you really touched my heart. and you will be always in my mind as a hero of peace. So sad you left too soon, so sad.
I remembered her during 80s. I was a teenager at that time. i was wondering and keen to know whether todays American kids and teenagers knows about her.
OMG that is so sad she was only 13. This is my first time i heard of her, i read her biography on Wikipedia site wanted to bring peace in the cold war era with United States and the Soviet Union and earned the America's Youngest Ambassador, she was a American Hero!! that is just a tragic that she died in a plane crush at 13. Why the good have to die. I make tribute videos for child actress Heather O'Rourke little girl from the Poltergeist films she died from a illness at the age of 12 years old.
Such a rare thing to see a dedication to one of my most favorite little heros... Thank you for making this tribute to her... I can still remember seeing the article in the newspaper, about her death and that was the first time I had even known who she was... Every single August 25th since then, I still say a prayer for her and her father and for her family.
Thank you very much for this tribute for Samantha Smith. I remember this story very vaguely yrs ago but I am so glad to learn the details now. This story will always be relevant & important & proves how one person, a young courageous girl, can affect great changes in this world. It is so sad she died at age 13.
US and probably most powerful nations in the world need and will always need to "fabricate" an enemy. A 11-year-old girl goes to URSS and writes a book about it. And Russians, guess what, were nice people!!! Probably both US and URSS were for the war. I don't know to which extent Samantha knew what everything was just about. She was a child. And all the sudden fame. But her interest in not having a war was genuine. As many others who preached against the war, she was silenced.
the govt have more important things to deal with than silencing a teenager. She died in a plane crash - being famous doesn't mean that she was anymore immune to death than those who die in planes every year
No, you're the idiot for thinking anything else. If Samantha Smith's death was an accident, it was the greatest coincidence I've ever seen. She was speaking out effectively against the cold war at exactly a time when Ronald Reagan was trying his hardest to stir it up. Thus, Ronald Reagan and his war-mongering ilk benefited from her death, hence had a strong motive to see her dead.
I agree. Someone in our government killed this young lady and I think Ronald Reagan, or someone on his staff, was behind it, at least at some level. And it really saddens me that I can so very easily think my government capable of that.
In addition to that said in my previous message, Samantha went to the USSR to prove Ronald Reagan wrong (not as evil as he said), gaining positive attention world-wide for both her cause and the USSR. At same time, polls indicated many world-wide were starting to fear the USA more than USSR, an impression enhanced by her efforts. Ultimately, I believe Samantha went directly against Reagan's hard-line cold war policies and paid the price for that.
Aleksei5055 > "thats really scary to think our government"
At the time, our government's military posture was based on a premise of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), with two superpowers ready to lob thousands of nuclear weapons at each other. Anyone, including Reagan, "saber rattling" in that environment, risking all our lives, was not a nice guy. That was Samantha's message to Andropov, and by extension Reagan - lost on the latter who stepped up, not reduced, the dangerous rhetoric.
Don't have room here to explain all. Samantha wasn't against either man, but instead afraid of the growing cold war rhetoric - most she heard in USA focused on how evil Andropov was. She wrote a letter to him, but the contents were applicable to either man. After her evidently satisfying visit to Russia, she toured around the USA speaking out against the cold war and growing militarism. That placed her at odds with Reagan.
so she was killed by Reagan or someone that worked for the government because Reagan wanted the war and she didn't? Sorry to keep asking questions but Im still confused about why they killed her.
Again, just don't have room to explain. An answer to your question could require pages. The basics are here in my previous messages. To that, must add an understanding of the mentality and fanaticism of the cold war, growing fear around world of nuclear war, how and why Reagan fed that, how Samantha's actions empowered growing opposition world-wide, how various world leaders responded, and why Reagan was likely threatened by that.
so then would it be safe to say that Reagan was for the war and Samantha wasn't so he killed her? i'll stop bothering u with questions now lol thanks for responding tho!!
Not what I'm saying. Reagan wasn't "for war," but for a more aggressive, hard-line, stance against Soviets, including saber rattling, aggressive military enounters, buildup of missles in Europe & Asia, new weapons technologies, and more. He thought it the right thing, but it was a highly dangerous, unstablizing, game at wrong time (USSR moving away from hard-line militarism). Don't know if HE killed Samantha, only that his position greatly benefited.
ok that made things way easier to understand. So no one really knows then if the crash was an accident or not. I think if the government did have something to do with her death than thats totally messed up because she was just a kid. Thanks so much for explaining all this to me and having so much patience with all my questions. =)
She died in fly crush in 1985,and her dad too. She was a girl who wrote the letter to USSR president Jurij Andropov and she was invited to Russia. She was a little hero...
je ne connaissai pas cet jeune fille a lepoque du decé javais 6ans,mais en voiyant des article sur elle je trouve que cet fille etait tres sociable,aimée la vie etc.C'est trop triste et cet musique est tres triste
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same.
If I know what love is Samantha, It is because of you.
I thank you for making this video, not because that she showed the world the Soviet Union was not as evil as the US Government has profisized but because it takes courage to someone who your government discourages as evil.
I was in grade 7 and 13 years old when the sad news reached us in sunny South Africa, that time in our lives we did not actually grasp the full meaning of what you did but we mourned your loss. Today I believe in " children must be seen and HEARD!" Will always have a place in my heart for you. RIP little one!
I remember reading somewhere that after Samantha's trip to Russia, she said that "The kids in Russia are no different to us." She had learnt at a young age what so many adults can not.
I remember Samantha and the letter she wrote. Her spirit and what she accomplished will go on forever. I am glad that there are memorials to this wonderful person. It is heartbreaking, however, at the same time.
I was a young man in college when she rose to fame. I was so saddened when I heard of her death. RIP Samantha...I remember your impact on the nation well.
Thank you for sharing with all of us this beautiful photo essay of Samantha Reed Smith. She was truly a remarkable young person. She was inspirational, and a true hero for peace, friendship and understanding, someone that young people today can emulate. Samantha showed that even been young, you can still make a difference, and she did just that. Sadly we will never known what she could have achieved, if she was still alive to today.
If there was one person in the history of existence that I could bring back to life, it would be her
marehtseira 1 week ago
You ever wish you could go back in time and tell her and her Dad not to get on Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808?
marehtseira 1 week ago
The U.S Government killed samantha!
1988scottcarey 5 months ago
Such a beautiful girl!!!
liana7020 6 months ago
Да, в России её помнят.
qwertymaillistru 9 months ago
SAMANTHA YOU WAS A HERO HERE AND ELSO ON THE SKY
carher33 11 months ago
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Samantha stepped out of the comfort zone of what was being filtered to her by media & government about the rest of the world to find out for herself ie: Reagan's "Evil Empire comment about the Soviet Union. We hear echos from Bush's "Axis of Evil" comments. This gives children nightmares. To hell with war mongers who push & prod other countries to war. Shame on ignorant people who believe these rants of aggression from their leaders. Shame on them in the light of a brave girl named Samantha.
robinhood2be 1 year ago
she's the kind of role model kids should turn to.
not the ones we have now.
narutolu3er4ever 1 year ago 2
I was a baby when Samantha died in the plane crash.
EZR09 1 year ago
Samantha (1972-1985) sould've been 37 going on to 38 years old
JaeDizzley1995 1 year ago
I think she just did what suppose to do at our Earth.. like all other talant people who early leave us. RIP
3D8n52DmV37EI6oHeX 1 year ago
I toze pomny Samanthu , ona navsegda ostanitsy v moey pameti....
chaneldenolden1 1 year ago
So sad that she has gone
I remembered her during 80s. I was a teenager at that time. i was wondering and keen to know whether todays American kids and teenagers knows about her.
aaaaa895 1 year ago
i have never heard about her what happend?
jenniferp68 1 year ago
@jenniferp68 she died with her father and 6 others in a plane crash on August 25th, 1985
marehtseira 1 week ago
Did she actually write a book??? I didn't know that... What is it's name?
alflex06 2 years ago
Samantha, I read about you today, I born the same year you did, 1972. you really touched my heart. and you will be always in my mind as a hero of peace. So sad you left too soon, so sad.
arashasadi72 2 years ago 4
So sad that she has gone
I remembered her during 80s. I was a teenager at that time. i was wondering and keen to know whether todays American kids and teenagers knows about her.
aaaaa895 1 year ago
i would have given her the tube steak.
ivegotalongdong 2 years ago
Samantha, all post-Soviet republics remember you with love.
You touched the hearts of every Soviet citizen! It is very sad that you died very young.
We will always remember you.
tomleeza 2 years ago 4
OMG that is so sad she was only 13. This is my first time i heard of her, i read her biography on Wikipedia site wanted to bring peace in the cold war era with United States and the Soviet Union and earned the America's Youngest Ambassador, she was a American Hero!! that is just a tragic that she died in a plane crush at 13. Why the good have to die. I make tribute videos for child actress Heather O'Rourke little girl from the Poltergeist films she died from a illness at the age of 12 years old.
chemicalbro2007 2 years ago 2
Such a rare thing to see a dedication to one of my most favorite little heros... Thank you for making this tribute to her... I can still remember seeing the article in the newspaper, about her death and that was the first time I had even known who she was... Every single August 25th since then, I still say a prayer for her and her father and for her family.
MrEdSnapshot 2 years ago
I miss you Samantha . . .
besiknibladze 2 years ago
Thank you very much for this tribute for Samantha Smith. I remember this story very vaguely yrs ago but I am so glad to learn the details now. This story will always be relevant & important & proves how one person, a young courageous girl, can affect great changes in this world. It is so sad she died at age 13.
Joner888 2 years ago
Samanta,Russia Love and Remember you!!!
TheSvetleishiyKnyaz 2 years ago
'For it might end you know, in my going out altogether, like a candle'. - Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland.
scrollandkey 2 years ago
So beautifully done. Thank you.
Appaloosa1969 2 years ago 7
sad...
what's the name of the music underground?
pArtykiDdy 2 years ago
US and probably most powerful nations in the world need and will always need to "fabricate" an enemy. A 11-year-old girl goes to URSS and writes a book about it. And Russians, guess what, were nice people!!! Probably both US and URSS were for the war. I don't know to which extent Samantha knew what everything was just about. She was a child. And all the sudden fame. But her interest in not having a war was genuine. As many others who preached against the war, she was silenced.
salikagroeg 2 years ago 6
the govt have more important things to deal with than silencing a teenager. She died in a plane crash - being famous doesn't mean that she was anymore immune to death than those who die in planes every year
rangers499 2 years ago 3
she has the same name as me my name is samantha smith also
RMS8899 2 years ago
VIDEOTIMEMACHINE > "You guys are idiots."
No, you're the idiot for thinking anything else. If Samantha Smith's death was an accident, it was the greatest coincidence I've ever seen. She was speaking out effectively against the cold war at exactly a time when Ronald Reagan was trying his hardest to stir it up. Thus, Ronald Reagan and his war-mongering ilk benefited from her death, hence had a strong motive to see her dead.
stewartx5 2 years ago 2
the CIA killed her
shadedmuse 3 years ago
shadedmuse > "the CIA killed her"
I agree. Someone in our government killed this young lady and I think Ronald Reagan, or someone on his staff, was behind it, at least at some level. And it really saddens me that I can so very easily think my government capable of that.
stewartx5 2 years ago
You guys are idiots.
VIDEOTIMEMACHINE 2 years ago
but like why would they kill a her? She was just a little girl? Don't get offensive please I am curious to learn why.
Aleksei5055 2 years ago
Aleksei5055 > "why would they kill a her?"
In addition to that said in my previous message, Samantha went to the USSR to prove Ronald Reagan wrong (not as evil as he said), gaining positive attention world-wide for both her cause and the USSR. At same time, polls indicated many world-wide were starting to fear the USA more than USSR, an impression enhanced by her efforts. Ultimately, I believe Samantha went directly against Reagan's hard-line cold war policies and paid the price for that.
stewartx5 2 years ago
thats really scary to think our government would kill a little girl especially reagan, i thought he was suppose to have been a super nice guy.
Aleksei5055 2 years ago
Aleksei5055 > "thats really scary to think our government"
At the time, our government's military posture was based on a premise of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), with two superpowers ready to lob thousands of nuclear weapons at each other. Anyone, including Reagan, "saber rattling" in that environment, risking all our lives, was not a nice guy. That was Samantha's message to Andropov, and by extension Reagan - lost on the latter who stepped up, not reduced, the dangerous rhetoric.
stewartx5 2 years ago
so she didn't like reagan? She just didn't want a war right and thought it was Russia that might start it??
Aleksei5055 2 years ago
Aleksei5055 > "so she didn't like reagan?"
Don't have room here to explain all. Samantha wasn't against either man, but instead afraid of the growing cold war rhetoric - most she heard in USA focused on how evil Andropov was. She wrote a letter to him, but the contents were applicable to either man. After her evidently satisfying visit to Russia, she toured around the USA speaking out against the cold war and growing militarism. That placed her at odds with Reagan.
stewartx5 2 years ago
so she was killed by Reagan or someone that worked for the government because Reagan wanted the war and she didn't? Sorry to keep asking questions but Im still confused about why they killed her.
Aleksei5055 2 years ago
Aleksei5055 > "why they killed her"
Again, just don't have room to explain. An answer to your question could require pages. The basics are here in my previous messages. To that, must add an understanding of the mentality and fanaticism of the cold war, growing fear around world of nuclear war, how and why Reagan fed that, how Samantha's actions empowered growing opposition world-wide, how various world leaders responded, and why Reagan was likely threatened by that.
stewartx5 2 years ago
so then would it be safe to say that Reagan was for the war and Samantha wasn't so he killed her? i'll stop bothering u with questions now lol thanks for responding tho!!
Aleksei5055 2 years ago
Aleksei5055 > "Reagan was for the war"
Not what I'm saying. Reagan wasn't "for war," but for a more aggressive, hard-line, stance against Soviets, including saber rattling, aggressive military enounters, buildup of missles in Europe & Asia, new weapons technologies, and more. He thought it the right thing, but it was a highly dangerous, unstablizing, game at wrong time (USSR moving away from hard-line militarism). Don't know if HE killed Samantha, only that his position greatly benefited.
stewartx5 2 years ago
ok that made things way easier to understand. So no one really knows then if the crash was an accident or not. I think if the government did have something to do with her death than thats totally messed up because she was just a kid. Thanks so much for explaining all this to me and having so much patience with all my questions. =)
Aleksei5055 2 years ago
RIP Samantha
We all love you!
<3 <3 <3 :)
ChelseaAndKieraShow 3 years ago 4
Oh, God! It's so unfare.
She would be 36 now. But she stayed there in romantic 80's. Beuatiful and kind angel of my childhood
ara7705 3 years ago
stupid airplane
jollyhollygirl 3 years ago
I remember when she died ..very sad. I had forgotten just how beautiful a girl she was .. thanks for this wonderful tribute to her.
Moodyzblu 3 years ago 3
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jhill2704 3 years ago
song, enya-tea house moon
mandy832 3 years ago
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jhill2704 3 years ago
whats the name of the song
bosniak14 3 years ago
SAMANTHA SMITH - My Hero, my inspiration, my vision, my dream. I shall love you always with all my heart! A darling angel so much missed!
newdonia 3 years ago 5
One of America's youngest heros =). God bless this little girl.
8270361507 3 years ago 4
i dindn´t knew this lil angel
can someone tell me what happened ?
love it **** we hope you're in god's home xx
XDinexitaXD 3 years ago
She died in fly crush in 1985,and her dad too. She was a girl who wrote the letter to USSR president Jurij Andropov and she was invited to Russia. She was a little hero...
OlHa1972 3 years ago 2
omg. rip little angel !
just the goods are taken ! <3
XDinexitaXD 3 years ago 2
this video make me cry! i pray for her every day.samantha watch over our solders in the war zone.
airnational 3 years ago 5
in the picture on the beach where was exactly?
matteobru 3 years ago
Artek, I think
firetigerscreo 2 years ago
I FEEL SHE IS MY HERO ! GOOD GIRL.
khmerkic 3 years ago 2
By the way I was in Artek! I just remembered it. I almost forgot about it!
WORLDClTlZEN 3 years ago
I remember her photos on walls of our school when I was a Pioneer. I looked at her pictures and thought she was a hero.
WORLDClTlZEN 3 years ago
je ne connaissai pas cet jeune fille a lepoque du decé javais 6ans,mais en voiyant des article sur elle je trouve que cet fille etait tres sociable,aimée la vie etc.C'est trop triste et cet musique est tres triste
ayassvet 3 years ago
Sometimes I wish God would end the world, thus ending our pain and sorrows too. Only I would miss the short, fleeting instances of happiness.
oldiengoldie 3 years ago
the good olds days are gone forever and never coming back, so is Samantha.
ivan351 3 years ago
whyy cant justt last for ever???
lana1slo 3 years ago
The good die young <3
Luvzi12 3 years ago 5
R.I.P. Samantha
MECAG0ENY0UTUBE 4 years ago 3
rip samnatha
airnational3 4 years ago
watch over us sanabtha war is bad i know i went to war pray to gt our boys out of their.
airnational3 4 years ago
I would have done everything possible and impossible in the world to have Samantha as my friend.
cheng1LA 4 years ago
Una bonita historia con un final triste.
JVM4355 4 years ago
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same.
If I know what love is Samantha, It is because of you.
scrollandkey 4 years ago 3
I thank you for making this video, not because that she showed the world the Soviet Union was not as evil as the US Government has profisized but because it takes courage to someone who your government discourages as evil.
On behalf of all Communists.
CommunistAmRef07 4 years ago 5
Wonderful
The best diplomat ever
Now who should I write a letter to...
radia333 4 years ago
I remember this, I think i was in the 10th grade.
PressleyPartyOf3 4 years ago
R.I.P.
Little Princess.
WorldPeace.
7kolen 4 years ago 3
I was in grade 7 and 13 years old when the sad news reached us in sunny South Africa, that time in our lives we did not actually grasp the full meaning of what you did but we mourned your loss. Today I believe in " children must be seen and HEARD!" Will always have a place in my heart for you. RIP little one!
Marekele 4 years ago 2
Thank you, Samantha. For all, what you did. Rest in Peace.
Arminius07 4 years ago 4
I remember reading somewhere that after Samantha's trip to Russia, she said that "The kids in Russia are no different to us." She had learnt at a young age what so many adults can not.
keiwata262 4 years ago 5
I remember Samantha and the letter she wrote. Her spirit and what she accomplished will go on forever. I am glad that there are memorials to this wonderful person. It is heartbreaking, however, at the same time.
soonthedestroyer 4 years ago 2
I was a young man in college when she rose to fame. I was so saddened when I heard of her death. RIP Samantha...I remember your impact on the nation well.
thebigbadwolf87 4 years ago
When I was 12 I wrote a letter to Adi Amin and told him how great he was and that I wanted to be just like him when I grew up...I never got on TV : P
dyonker 4 years ago
great person! tovarish Samantha!!! RIP!
StefanoBrasil 4 years ago 3
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jhill2704 4 years ago
Bravo, well done. I have posted this on my myspace page. I will never forget her, Michael
MICHAELWHITEBEAR 4 years ago
Thank you for sharing with all of us this beautiful photo essay of Samantha Reed Smith. She was truly a remarkable young person. She was inspirational, and a true hero for peace, friendship and understanding, someone that young people today can emulate. Samantha showed that even been young, you can still make a difference, and she did just that. Sadly we will never known what she could have achieved, if she was still alive to today.
energy4time 4 years ago 2
it's a sad thing to see the good die young. but it goes to show that no matter you age, race, or gender you can still make a difference.
redspartan7 4 years ago 2
Very nice of you to show to the world this brave girl. I`m from Bulgaria and I was made a BG version of one of the sites for her
angelanamraka 4 years ago