AMEN!
Dan Mehlhorn
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From: "Glass, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC: Terrorist Attacks
> The tragedy happened on Tuesday and I'm a huge sports fan. No sports have
> shown on television for the last two days and I realized something.
>
> I think about the people who I admired most on TV: the Michael Jordans,
the
> Shaquille O'Neals, the Wayne Gretzky's. I admired these people and
> considered these multimillionaire sports figures as heroes. But I look at
> TV the last couple of days and don't see these millionaires. Do not see
my
> sports. I see the police officers, firemen, rescue workers, and
volunteers
> who risked their lives, gave their lives, and who are currently looking to
> save lives in the worst terroristic act in U.S. history. I see these
people
> who do not get multi-million dollar contracts and aren't pro-athletes. I
> see people who are underpaid and underappreciated, yet put their lives on
> the line for Americans every stinking day.
>
> For the first time in my life, I realized who the true heroes in this
> country really are.
>
> Charles Barkley was right when he said many years ago, "I am not a role
> model." The next time you notice a child looking to TV for a role model,
> show them a videotape of these people risking their lives trying to rescue
> people from this WTC disaster and they'll see who the true role models in
> this country really are.
>
>
>
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