tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622240340655211047.post-13846359507285572742007-03-17T00:53:00.000-07:002007-03-17T13:54:16.005-07:00This is a post that I never thought I would be doing. I was watching the Nightly News tonight and they featured the story of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CPT</span> Brian Freeman; the hero. It was your usual newscast. he did this, she did that, so-and-so-did it too. Well, I happened to see a story of a man that went above and beyond the call of duty; a man <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">whos</span> life, in his eyes, was just as important as anybody <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">elses</span>; especially a young child on the streets of Iraq.<br /><br />To make a long story short, they showed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">CPT</span> Freeman doing his best, taking care of everybody else. He made a mission of finding a young Iraqi boy a way to live. That way was by open heart surgery. The day <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">CPT</span> Freeman was killed the young Iraqi boy was given a chance to live; an unbelievable story.<br /><br />Well, I happened to see the nightly news, they showed picture after picture <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">CPT</span> Freeman doing what he did best, live. What I saw, however, shocked me. A picture that I had taken of him flashed across the screen. I couldn't believe it. Now, I'm no anal photographer who demands that I'm paid for the pictures I take. (even though it was displayed on the most watched TV program in the US. ) What I couldn't believe was a picture that I had taken completely innocently had been published to the world as a tribute to his demise.<br /><br />Well, the picture I took was as innocent as you can get. I was testing my new camera in a small hotel room in Albany, NY; I took at least 10 photos in just as many seconds. When I heard of Brian's death I sent all the photos I had of him to a friend as another way to remember him.<br /><br />Where is this story going? Well, as a reminder, I was watching the news story of my friend's death when a picture flashed before my eyes;<br />That's when it hit home.<br /><br />I was only testing my camera when I took that picture. I have a 10 picture sequence that includes that picture. I was only testing my camera. I wasn't taking pictures so that the world could remember <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">CPT</span> Brian Freeman. It was a picture I had taken in that small, insignificant moment of both our lives. (It wasn't even in focus.) That's when I realized that every one counts.<br /><br />"Hey.......Brian!"<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042811402183336082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2MuB6f_nG8w/RfuqQJhtYJI/AAAAAAAAAGE/W98ZYcAl568/s400/freeman.jpg" border="0" />-Holcombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17614886730811191034noreply@blogger.com