It's often said that the worst of times can bring out the best in people, and recently, the Penn State Hershey Medical Center has truly embodied this phrase.

Earlier this month, officials said the center planned on waiving all medical fees for the surviving victims of the Oct. 2 Amish schoolhouse shooting. The decision followed that of four other hospitals, including Lancaster General Hospital and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

The Hershey Medical Center, which is associated with Penn State, is doing an extremely generous service to the Amish community by waiving these fees.

Such bills can amount to anywhere between thousands or tens of thousands of dollars a day per victim in intensive care units, Hershey spokesman Sean Young said, although he could not release cost of the care for the Amish victims.

The hospital's decision is merely one item on an extensive list of generous notions by hospitals, complete strangers and even the Amish themselves.

Immediately following the attack, an Amish grandfather was heard telling his children, "We must not think evil of this man," referring to Charles Roberts, who took his own life after shooting 10 young Amish girls.

Since Oct. 2, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been donated to the Nickel Mine School Victim Fund -- $700,000 according to a statement released almost two weeks ago -- and donations continue to pour in.

In turn, the Amish did something completely unexpected by offering a portion of all money donated to Roberts' wife and children. The family has since made their appreciation undeniably clear to the Amish.

The Amish community also publicly thanked the world for their support and donations in Amish newspaper Die Botschaft last week.

In the wake of such a horrifying event such as the murder of innocent children, it's a relief to see that whole families, communities, even strangers across the globe can come together to forgive such cruelties and rally in support of others so quickly.