Military heroes should be on front page
As I made my way through the paper that morning, an article on Page 28 caught my eyes (and by way there were only 39 total pages that day). The title was “Ceremony to Honor Navy SEAL Tugs at the Heart", written by Devlin Barrett.
This story was about an amazing young man, Michael Murphy, whose selfless act saved some of the lives of his team. The article stated that Michael Murphy’s parents were presented the Nation’s highest military award for valor and it was the FIRST given for combat in Afghanistan.
I, and most of your readers, would have preferred that Mr.Murphy’s story be on the front pages that morning. The whole front page was pictures of three pathetic people that were whining because they were not able to get tickets to the World Series.
Thank you Michael Murphy, and the thousands of other men and women, for sacrificing your life so that many of us can go on whining every day about trivial things.
We can only hope that someday soon the Military Hero’s of the world will be thought of more highly by the Rocky Mountain News and make the front page, or at least the Top Stories list.
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I agree with you - Murphy should have been page 1, but not the story of the ceremony, it should have been HIS story. And by extension, the story of the rest of the military serving "over there". But remember, the powers that be don't want us to be reminded that there is a real cost to this war. As long as our wallets are open and our minds shut, the advertisers can reap the benefits of "don't worry about it - go shopping".
Posted by Mac on November 5, 2007 04:48 PM