Everyone of them there are heroes. Everyone of them that died has given their lives just like the ones before them, for my rights to freedom. We're here to honor that.

We have a need for heroes as a species, you know. That is one of the distinguishing traits of humans. We have a need to have an idealized sense of who we are at our best.

We can be Heroes, Just for one day

Up until September 11, we did live in an antiheroic age. Heroes were there to be debunked, criticized, made human, brought down to earth.

Up until September 11, we did live in an antiheroic age, ... Heroes were there to be debunked, criticized, made human, brought down to earth.

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.