Ordinary people rule

I finally was able to see a DVR of the outstanding The Flight that Fought Back shown on the Discovery Channel.  What a terrific piece of work, and what an important story to tell!  It was done in documentary style, fact based, and used the best of film-making narrative techniques to paint a moving portrait of the passengers on Flight 93 who would not stand still for terror. Because of the tragic consequences for the passengers involved, it was difficult to reconcile the film's excellent Media-ville qualities with the real-life events and persons depicted.  Still, seeing the heroic potential of ordinary citizens is a tonic anytime.  And it was in this context the WSJ today published a profile of Debra Burlingame, another ordinary citizen who rose to greatness in the Take Back the Memorial initiative.  Burlingame's refusal to let the events of Sept 11 at Ground Zero be hijacked by self-important narcissists for political purposes will be remembered forever.  (DC, WSJ )