It's more than taking down a terrorist controlled jumbo jet that makes you an American hero.

[katster]

Mark Bingham.

You've prolly heard of the name, at least in context with Beamer, Burnett, and Glick, as one of the four guys who took out UAL 93's mission to destroy the Capitol on a fateful Tuesday morning in September. Although our president only cares about Beamer, it seems, Mark Bingham has become my favorite of the four. As I read more and more about what he's done...I'm proud to have graduated from the same school as him.

But it wasn't just going to Cal that made him a hero. It's stuff like this article that was on SFGate this morning, about the San Francisco Fog, a rugby team that was started by a bunch of gay men. Read it, it's good.

Comments

[fearghaill.livejournal.com]

He seems like he was a really incredible human being. Not much has been made of the fact that he was gay, but maybe thats the way it should be. He was a hero first, a human being second, and a gay male somewhere after that. It doesn't seem like he made that big a deal out of it in his life, why should the media in death?

On the other side of the coin, emphasis on his sexuality could also serve to make him a role model. Either way, nothing should overshadow the fact that he is a hero.