Similarly, Flight 93 is a microcosm of war. As horrible as it was, the consequences, had the heroic passengers chosen not to wage war against the terrorists, would have been even more horrible. The implications concerning "anti-war activists" are obvious; evidently they would have us refuse to attack the terrorists and let them have their way, as we indulge in banal self-congratulation at an absurd sense of superior morality.
We can be thankful that there are heroes all among us who know that there are things in life worth defending.
Always remember that there is a Scott Beamer somewhere nearby, though, like the real Scott Beamer, he or she is lost in the crowd. Heroism is basic to the human spirit.