"I never knew Mark Bingham. But I wish I had. I know he was a good son and friend, a good rugby player, a good American, and an extraordinary human being. He supported me, and his support now ranks among the greatest honors of my life. I wish I had known before September 11th just how great an honor his trust in me was. I wish I could have thanked him for it more profusely than time and circumstances allowed. But I know it now. And I thank him with the only means I possess, by being as good an American as he was."
-Senator John McCain, eulogizing Mark Bingham, who died on Flight 93 nine years ago today.
Sadly, McCain- were Bingham still alive, would reduce him to a second-class citizen.
But Bingham died a first-class hero.
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