This evil thing has also provided us with wonderful examples of the goodness of man which surpasses the evil that the few commit. Today, the American television was filled with one story after another that demonstrated the individual courage of ordinary people that are caught up in extraordinary events. The accounts of passengers like Thomas E. Burnette, Jr., one of the passengers that said he and two other men were going to try to regain control of the airplane, the New York firefighters and rescue personnel who refused to leave the scene when part of the building began to shift because they would not leave knowing they could hear the tapping of survivors under their feet. Common people who having lost loved ones, offered aid and comfort to others, volunteers who dug in the rubble searching for survivors and had to be forced away to rest after two days of work in perilous conditions. Flags are waving, candles are burning, prayers are being said...and everyone stands together in this. We have taken a terrible loss of life, but out of this, our democracy grows stronger, our love of country strengthens, it cannot help but remind one of how great the bond is which binds us. In time of need, these ordinary people have done some very extraordinary things.
If Burnette and his fellow passengers did what he said...and I have no doubt they did....you can count on them being recognized as heroes and as well as they should be. What a legacy to leave your child.
God Bless them all.