http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQE4ZY8lW5UJohn Feal
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/09/feal_interview.html"...As a country, we took one on the chin. We got knocked down and we bounced back up on Sept. 11. We’re resilient and we move forward, and believe me I’m all for moving forward.
But in the process of moving forward we forgot what we left behind. And that’s about 40,000 people that are sick and dying. The heroes. And if you look up the word hero in the dictionary, it says “person noted for noble achievement.” That title doesn’t fit these brave souls—these men and women who are sick and dying and have been left stranded by their federal, state, and local governments.
The very people who we vote into office are not doing their jobs. And that’s just sad. And they say, well, you know, some of the things you say, they’re just un-American.
And I say to them, I volunteered to join the army at 17 years old. I had to get my parents’ signature. I served my country. I served my country again at 9/11. I founded two organizations, and I’m donating a body part. I don’t think there’s anybody more American than me..."