Word: mourned
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Daniel Pearl's case, that assumption proved tragically incorrect. Thursday the Wall Street Journal confirmed that Pearl had indeed been killed by his captors. All journalists will mourn him as a courageous colleague whose story has reminded us that the pursuit of truth is sometimes no protection in a dangerous world...
...have saved a thousand lives, but his actions exemplified bravery. His "iconic" picture was seen internationally, and he got letters from people thanking him for his courage. It was sad to read that other fire fighters have grumbled at the attention he has received. We all mourn those who lost their lives and salute those who made it through. Let's rejoice that Kehoe is still with us. BRENDA MUNGER Ridgeland, Miss...
...reason it is possible not to mourn Sept. 10, to believe that the days ahead may be both more painful and more precious, is that there is evidence we are willing to do the hard work by choice, not just because we have to. And so the year can end, and the fires go out at last at ground zero, and Liberty Island reopens, and soldiers guarding the airport at Kandahar drape mine tape on tumbleweed for a Christmas tree and raise a huge American flag, inscribed with the names of slain men and women...
...been on the job for two decades, and Michael Cammarata, just nine weeks in the department, who had a poster of the Twin Towers over his bed at home and a sealed envelope in his night table to be opened only if anything ever happened to him. "Don't mourn me," it instructed. "This was the career I chose." They mourned John Heffernan, a guitar player in a punk-rock band, and Eddie Day, who would slap a smiley-face sticker on the helmet of anyone who seemed even remotely down. Matt Rogan, a quiet man who spent...
...reason it is possible not to mourn Sept. 10, to believe that the days ahead may be both more painful and more precious, is that there is evidence we are willing to do the hard work by choice, not just because we have to. And so the year can end, and the fires go out at last at ground zero, and Liberty Island reopens, and soldiers guarding the airport at Kandahar drape mine tape on tumbleweed for a Christmas tree and raise a huge American flag, inscribed with the names of slain men and women...