For John Mahony,
a retired United States Army colonel who was managing projects for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, instinct came before analysis as he fought to stay on his feet the morning of September 11, 2001.
On my 18th birthday, I realized I had a lot to be thankful for—it was my senior year in high school, I was school president, football captain, and my girlfriend and I were candidates for the homecoming king and queen.