"It was just the luck of the draw that the three firefighters raising that flag were white. Be that as it may, they were AMERICANS, PERIOD! Not Anglo-Americans. Not German-Americans. Not Irish-Americans. Just my brothers, like all the others (male, female, black, white, tan, yellow or polka-dotted) who served in that tragedy. Depict it as it occurred, or not at all."
-- Master Firefighter, Va. Beach, Va. Fire Department.