New Gitmo Head Called a Hero of 9/11

[unhappycamper]

New Gitmo Head Called a Hero of 9/11
May 28, 2008
Miami Herald

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba - On Sept. 11, 2001, Navy Capt. David Thomas plunged into the burning Pentagon and crawled through smoke and molten metal in search of a college buddy. The friend was lost, but Thomas emerged a hero for pulling other survivors from the wreckage.

On May 27, Rear Adm. David Thomas, 59, took charge of the prison camps housing 270 war-on-terror prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, among them five men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

"Dave is a hero of 9/11. As 18,000 people were running out of the Pentagon after that airplane hit, he was one of the few people running in," said Adm. James Stavridis, head of the Pentagon's Southern Command soon after presiding over Thomas' installation as commander of prison camp operations.

Stavridis said he chose Thomas for the job because his "career and life are much bigger than a single moment in the Pentagon.

"But what that moment shows you is his integrity and instinct and grace under pressure," he said.


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[OwnedByFerrets]

1. Well, he screwed that pooch.

[annabanana]

2. I wish I could believe anything they say anymore...

I would like to believe.

[catnhatnh]

3. Again with the "molten metal"??? N/T