Posted on 09/26/2005 6:23:52 AM PDT by cwiz24
When Delta Flight 1880 landed late Saturday at Logan International Airport, the pilot went on the intercom to make a request of the passengers preparing to grab their carry-on bags: Sit for a moment and honor a fallen soldier.
''The pilot said, 'We have a hero on this flight and sadly, he isn't with us, but his mother is escorting his remains,' " said Barbara Bell, sister of Sergeant Pierre A. Raymond, 28, an Army reservist from Lawrence who died Tuesday in Germany after being wounded in Iraq.
The normal bustle of an emptying airplane immediately ceased, she said.
''He went on to say that 'a sergeant from the Army is escorting them as well', and then [the pilot] thanked him for doing what he did and for keeping us safe and free."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
I believe the Globe put hero in quotes to be their version of fair and balanced, at least in the title of the article. I think the Boston Herald would have let the word stand on it's own, or quoted the pilot more fully in the title, sans quotation marks around the word hero. It was a good story, one about which the Globe felt the need to editorialize, to some degree.
How about "alleged newspaper", actually fishwrap is preferable to me.
Your T-shirt: GO FOR IT!
Decency can make me weep, too. Odd, that.
Let's ask the reporter about it:
asamuels@globe.com
Normally, the headline is written by someone other than the reporter. However, she is a good place to start. If I get other contact information, I'll post it.
Boston Globe main number: 617-929-2000.
See https://bostonglobe.com/aboutus/contact/default.asp
We have been very lucky, Republic.
Our President has had one heck of hard road, with attacks on the nation, natural disasters, a breakdown of morality and good sense.
Among the things that really, really irked me about the Kintoon was him saying how much fun he had as President.
Yea, like the OKC bombing was fun, and flight TWA 800 was fun, like the attack on the USS Cole was fun, the attacks on our embassies, bombing Serbia, Waco, the list goes on.... oh those were fun too. Glad you had fun Klintoon.
I thank Jesus every morning that real adults are in charge of our nation.
We are absolutely much safer having President Bush in office. Our enemies know the results if they step to far out of line. They know another attack on our homeland will bring even greater death and destruction upon their heads.
Lord, Jesus, I pray you help us in a great time of need come 2008 and help us elect another strong President. Because God help us come 2009 if we elect a weak President.
'hero' is correct because it quotes from the article. Go back to "grammar" school and quit griping
Oh yes! I stand with you on this. Our Father knew exactly what we needed, and blessed us all, deeply, even those who do not or will not see how incredible this President and his team are and have been.
I mean it. This nation is better, more honest and once again strong because of this good, good leader.
"DECENCY always makes me weep. ."
Me too...I think it's the reaffirmation that there's more decent and honorable people in this country than than the Globe, Times, etc. would have us believe...
They're tears of joy.
Thank you Sgt. Raymond, and may you rest in peace. May God bless your family.
Bite me.
The offending quotation marks are those in the headline, not the body of the story.
" Lord, Jesus, I pray you help us in a great time of need come 2008 and help us elect another strong President."
I've already been praying this because it isn't too soon to start. I've been asking for a true Christian conservative Republican. I would be happy with Condi or Jeb personally. I can't see anyone else I like right now.
I am also praying for a double portion of strength, courage, and wisdom for President Bush because he was looking and sounding really tired on the weekend. A lesser man would be beaten down already after all the crises the President has had to endure.
Very sad story. It was nice that the passengers applauded.
I seem to have the same problem with my monitor.
Thanks for posting this article.
God bless this hero and his family.
May he rest in peace.
Your beef is most likely with the headline editor. At most papers reporters don't write their own headlines.
I would have payed to see that.
I thought of that as soon as I hit the "send" button.
She actually replied to my email, encouraging me to read the article rather than the headline.
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