I have more respect for firefighters and their bravery than I do for any police or soldiers. I find what they do on even a routine basis amazing and overwhelming, and in cases like this I am speechless in any attempt to explain how I feel.
One of the first things I felt on 9/11, under the grief, was an overwhelming pride. I think many of us felt it, and that is why so many New Yorkers despise Bush for disgracing the memory.
One of the bravest was the FDNY chaplain, Father Mychal, whose skull was crushed when he took off his helmet to pray over one of the fallen. He was openly gay, by the way, though not sexually active.
Funny, that's the second time I saw that name today - the other time was a local article talking about the oh-so-wonderful Phelps family (who were in town last week with *ahem* highly reasonable signs appealing to people's better natures in their fight against gay marriage) and I guess they protested his funeral or something heartwarming like that.
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Date: 2004-05-20 11:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-20 12:13 pm (UTC)One of the first things I felt on 9/11, under the grief, was an overwhelming pride. I think many of us felt it, and that is why so many New Yorkers despise Bush for disgracing the memory.
One of the bravest was the FDNY chaplain, Father Mychal, whose skull was crushed when he took off his helmet to pray over one of the fallen. He was openly gay, by the way, though not sexually active.
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Date: 2004-05-20 12:39 pm (UTC)