April 23, 2004
Shock And Awe
The solemn pride of placing so costly a sacrifice on the altar of liberty... (thanks Abe)
Fabrizio Quattrocchi has company.
The death of former NFL player Pat Tillman in Afghanistan was shocking to a nation that had pushed the continued efforts there to the back burner, and to a country that has no real sense of wide sacrifice in the war - no rationing, no draft, few casualties.
Like Fabrizio, Pat was defiant in the face of terror. After 9/11, leaving a new wife, wealth, and fame behind, he and his brother joined the Army Rangers. Refusing to parade in the press with self serving interviews, the service Pat had in mind was to his country.
In the end, fallen in Afghanistan, Pat Tillman lost his life, and with it his former life of fame and fortune, of ease and celebrity, exchanged in honor's forge for that which cannot be achieved without sacrifice...
Glory.
Posted by MEC2 at April 23, 2004 08:09 PM