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Heroes stand up even in the hour of their deaths
Chicago Tribune ^ | September 30, 2001 | Kim Barker, Louise Kiernan and Steve Mills

Posted on 09/30/2001 4:07:20 AM PDT by sarcasm

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:21 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

You can picture them spreading out inside this mostly empty flight to San Francisco, the smokestacks and cranes of the Newark skyline looming outside their windows.

You can hear them working their cell phones, calling their friends, their offices.

For 41 minutes they waited on the tarmac to take off. Two pilots, five flight attendants and 37 passengers. Among them, four men knew they were all waiting to die.


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1 posted on 09/30/2001 4:07:20 AM PDT by sarcasm
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To: sarcasm
I am completely in awe of the heroism of these Americans. Mark Bingham, Jeremy Glick, Sandra Bradshaw, Tom Burnett, and nameless others: no greater love.
2 posted on 09/30/2001 4:42:39 AM PDT by NYpeanut
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Awestruck and heartbroken. No one can read this without a well of emotion. The victims were a cross-section of America. God bless them all.
3 posted on 09/30/2001 5:02:50 AM PDT by Malesherbes
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To: sarcasm
in the last words Jefferson would hear from him, "OK. Let's roll."

May God bless!

4 posted on 09/30/2001 5:20:06 AM PDT by MosesKnows
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To: sarcasm
This is American courage.

Our enemies think we are weak and cowardly. They could not be more wrong.

5 posted on 09/30/2001 5:20:45 AM PDT by LibKill
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To: sarcasm
Tears here.

But apart from the sadness, I am reminded yet again that Americans are bold and fearless in their determination to defeat evil, once they know the score.

In America, the citizen is the sovereign. And of course, as the sovereign, the citizen is the one responsible for the security and safety of the republic.

In this instance, 'the government' acted...but only in the purest sense of the word.

The federal and state governments were powerless to do a thing. But local government, the firefighters and police officers who gave their lives at the WTC saving others, and individual citizens saved tens of thousands of lives.

The brave Americans on Flight 93, through their selfless heroism, prevented the death of thousands more on the ground, and deprived the joyous Islamic world of the satisfaction of seeing our Capitol in smoking ruins.

My prayers and my thanks go out to their grieving family and friends.

6 posted on 09/30/2001 5:32:34 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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I can't help but compare them to the wimps and cowards, the hate America first crowd that showed up in Washington yesterday to protest.

It's this bunch of garbage that these brave men and women died to protect.

7 posted on 09/30/2001 5:44:11 AM PDT by Russ
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To: sarcasm
I am so thankful for the cell phones on the planes. If my loved one was on that plane, that would give us peace . Just knowing that they went out fighting and performed such a courageous act.
I am in awe of their bravery. Only hope that I could show as much bravery in their situation.
8 posted on 09/30/2001 5:44:34 AM PDT by republicangel
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To: sarcasm
they may have known they had another pilot among them, Donald Greene, chief executive officer of Safe Flight Instrument Corp. in New York. Greene, according to his family, knew anything and everything about airplanes.

So tragic that Donald Greene didn't get to fly Flight 93 to a safe landing.

I am proud of my fellow Americans, beyond words.

9 posted on 09/30/2001 5:54:09 AM PDT by GretchenEE
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To: sarcasm
bump for my heroes ... OK, LET'S ROLL!
10 posted on 09/30/2001 5:55:18 AM PDT by fnord
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To: fnord
btt
11 posted on 09/30/2001 6:29:38 AM PDT by fsh1138
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To: fnord
Kids don't have to search for heros to look up to any more. THAT'S A GOOD THING.
12 posted on 09/30/2001 8:29:23 AM PDT by wingnuts'nbolts
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Americans need to be reminded over and over of the defiant fearlessness of these brave Americans. God bless every one of them. LET'S ROLL.
13 posted on 09/30/2001 8:39:40 AM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: sarcasm
A belated, but heartfelt, thank-you for posting this yesterday. I read it when it was first posted, and searched for it tonight to read it again. Heart-breaking and inspiring. Thanks.
14 posted on 10/01/2001 7:22:54 PM PDT by EllaMinnow
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