Brokaw, Simpson & Mineta
Tom Brokaw
Friends Across the Barbed Wire
Real Heroes, Fake Stories
From The NY Times, Oped. Sept 13, 2008
It is one of the most stirring accounts of heroism to emerge from 9/11: a fighter pilot from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington returns from a training mission, finds out that a plane, United Airlines Flight 93, has been hijacked and is heading for Washington, then takes off without refueling and low on ammunition in pursuit.