Loyal Scaiaholics will recall my rich history with the ambulance provider, MedStar. And lo, a thought just occured: We’re approaching the anniversary of the car crash that I’m still fairly certain was a hoax [Hashtag: Fake News, two years before it was cool to say, “fake news.” Hashtag: Trend Setter].

But this isn’t about me [even my name’s right there on the top of the website]. This is about worlds colliding: Loyal Scaiaholics will also recall my fondness for covering Fort Worth Sister Cities events [for instance, our associates in Nimes, France need to learn to clap after “The stars at night/are big and bright…”].

Today, MedStar donated an ambulance to a different sister city: Toluca, Mexico.

I discussed this ambulance situation with City Councilman Brian Byrd.

By building relationships when we can all hang out together and learn when to clap during songs, we’ll already have a line of communication in the event a pandemic leads to society being discontinued.

The group from Toluca was also planning a stop in the Stockyards. Nimes’ cultural attache explained that people from other countries enjoy Texas’ “cowboy culture,” saying the daily cattle drives are iconic displays of our freedom.

Last year, Fort Worth’s sister cities program received a delegation from Kazakhstan. They also observed how similar everyone is: Fort Worth and Dallas are not unlike two nations in the middle of a Cold War.

And we all enjoy steak.

2020 has helped us all develop a healthy case of cabin fever and fostered a rich disdain for each other. But partnerships like this can help us learn about other cultures. Then we’re more likely to help each other out when things go gunny sack.

Because, as Byrd explained, we all enjoy tequila.