On hallowed ground-Dave Barry gets serious

Miami Herald ^ | Sat, Sep. 07, 2002 | Dave Barry

[segis]

What an article. Thanks!

[facedown]

...I don't see a giant: I see millions of individuals...

Ordinary people doing extraordinary things.© Rush Limbaugh

This piece is Dave Barry at his absolute best.

[Lizard_King]

Yeah I remember that one...Both his 9/11 pieces are still difficult to read because of how close to home they hit, but like going to politicsandprotest.com to see the 9/11 slideshow, it must be done.

[technochick99]

Let a National Memorial be built in the open air of this site where the FIRST DEFENDERS resisted this attack.

I made it through the whole article, came to your words, and nearly started crying.

[technochick99]

They're not the words of people in shock, people resigned to whatever fate awaits them. They're the words of people planning an attack. Fighters.

Americans.

[SES1066]

Thanks for your feedback. What worries me is that we are forgetting the horror of this act. I know that this is normal with the passage of time but it still worries me that there are those who think that we need to move on.

The members of Flight 93 were not selected to fight, just as the passengers and victims of all of the other attacks were not selected. They made themselves different when they showed their "true mettle" (Henry V) and that which is the birth-right of all the spiritual descendants of Lexington, Ft.Sumter and Pearl Harbor. We do not tolerate attacks and answer them in the way that history has shown to be most effective, we attack back.

Our previous president may not have understood this but this president seems to have learned about Lincoln and T.Roosevelt! The fact that the Navy is flying the rattlesnake flag again says that we are ready to sail in harm's way!

There have been other heros since 09/11 and God knows that there will be more before this dirty war ends. Still it is the known and unknown heros of Flight 93 that started this ball rolling and I, for one, will do my best to see that they are not forgotten and must be remembered as our FIRST DEFENDERS!

[xp38]

Dave Barry Bump!

[giotto]

Wonderful article. Very moving.