This should make you happy...
Humayun Saqib Muazzam Khan
Born United Arab Emirates
Pakistani heritage
... told his men to "hit the dirt" and stopped suicide bombers himself
Ayman Abdelrahman Taha
Sudanese-born, son of Abdel Rahman and Amal Ali Taha
US Special Forces, doctoral candidate UMass.
Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan
Son of Feroze Khan
Age 14 on 9/11
Enlisted immediately after high-school graduation, wanting to show that Muslims aren't all fanatics.
The reason these memorials are so strange is because it is the exception rather than the rule. It’s like when a 40 year old man who exercises regularly, abstains from alcohol and cigarettes, and eats healthfully dies of a heart attack. It’s a big deal because that is not supposed to happen. Nobody makes a big deal about the fat, smoking, beer swigging, pork rind eater who dies at 40.
But as my husband says to the co-worker who makes fun of him for exercising and eating healthy when we’re all going to die anyway: Until the day I die, I’ll still be strong enough to carry your coffin. These people still need profiled.