[ml/nj]

Repeating my post from an earlier thread ...

Finally! Someone says something along the lines of my thinking.

I can't wait for it to be 9/12.

This morning I had to turn off my all news radio station that I listen to while I'm shaving. Nanny Bloomberg was on. Then he called for a minute of silence. When the silence was broken, it was by an even bigger blowhard. I've had enough. It's almost as if people are celebrating what happened ten years ago.

I keep hearing about "heroes." As far as I'm concerned, there was only one group of heroes that day. Their leader was Todd Beamer. The rest of us, living and dead, were victims. Those killed didn't give their lives. They were murdered by an enemy whose name the blowhards will fail to mention.

ML/NJ

[JewishRighter]

Agree. But, I would add to the list of heroes the firefighters and other first responders who rushed to the flames to save others and gave everything as a result

[MarMema]

No there were lots and lots of heroes that day. Too many to try to go back in news and find them all. I recall one man who stayed with a coworker who was in a wheelchair and unable to leave the building. How about all the first responders who surely knew entering the building to try to help others was a suicide mission at best?

[cripplecreek]

For a sport with so much flash, nobody does low key tribute better. Laps 9 through 11 in silence.

[rockinqsranch]

Excellent post. Right on the mark.

[The Duke]

...there was only one group of heroes that day. Their leader was Todd Beamer. The rest of us, living and dead, were victims.

I couldn't agree more. We Americans have forgotten what the word "hero" means.