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To: LurkerNoMore!
Perhaps the gift of Todd Beamer is the reminder to use this time to get our houses
in order, not to prepare for death, but to make life worth living.


Reminds me of a letter that a USAF Academy wrote before he died in service in Vietnam (sorry,
but I can't remember the name).
He wrote that if he died, people shouldn't say he died for his ideals, but that
they should say he LIVED FOR his ideals...and just happened to be killed while
acting on them.

That's a real tribute...to be able to have folks say "he went that-a-way"...doing the right thing.
16 posted on 12/23/2001 10:32:20 AM PST by VOA
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To: VOA
A BUMP for Flight 93 and 63 yesterday, what Heroes!
18 posted on 12/23/2001 12:18:18 PM PST by 4TheFlag
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To: VOA
He wrote that if he died, people shouldn't say he died for his ideals, but that they should say he LIVED FOR his ideals...and just happened to be killed while acting on them.

Thank you for post this. It is reflected in the eyes of HEROES.

23 posted on 12/23/2001 5:21:57 PM PST by zip
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