Word: heroism
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...might appear to be the most relevant and timely, his most important point resides in his other essays, primarily the title essay on forest fire-fighting and a historical essay on a nineteenth-century fur-trapper. Junger offers a valuable lesson for life in post-Sept. 11 America: what heroism really means...
...about the Commander-in-Chief when his show went on-air again, I can’t justify spending time reading about the right way to flirt with a crush or why the red and pink two-piece combo is so last season. The alternating accounts of devastation and heroism that are a constant part of most conversations and news clips have made whimsical decisions and activities harder to enjoy. And yes, I find that some amount of solemnity, or at least an awareness of the larger, oftentimes troubling, picture is needed in my life. No one wants tragic events...
...have to admit, though, that I really didnt think I would ever come across that type of heroism in real life. Maybe a story that was fit for a movie, but certainly it couldnt be a movie story fit for real life...
...Here is the other thing about the heroism we saw and read about: these were for the most part the back office people of the financial world and the Port Authority and government services. The Masters of the Universe work uptown. The moguls who do work in the WTC for the most part don't catch the early train to get in by 9. How people behaved was in many cases inversely proportional to their position in the corporate hierarchy. WTC security guard Esmerlin Salcedo was in no peril on the day of the attack since he was attending...
...terror triggered other reactions besides heroism. Robert Falcon worked in the parking garage at the towers: "When the blast shook it went dark and we all went down, and I had a flashlight and everyone was screaming at me. People were ripping my shirt to try and get to my flashlight, and they were crushing me. The whole crowd was on top of me wanting the flashlight...