The normal, everyday person died on September 11, 2001.
We now live in the era of the Hero.
Don't get me wrong, I love Charles Ramsey. But I love him because one, the man likes his McDonald's. Two, he describes not just the size of his neighbor's testicles but the menu at his barbecues. And mostly because three, his eyes get wide and his head jerks around at the sound of a police siren. Take it from someone who's been there before, this guy's got warrants.
But let's get some perspective here. He called 911 for a screaming woman. What normal person wouldn't have done the same?
Compare this with the man who wouldn't open his door to a stranger during Superstorm Sandy. He, of course, is a villain, perhaps even a baby-killer.
As Laurie Anderson once said, the problem with living in a digital age is nobody wants to be a zero, everybody wants to be number one. It leaves very little room in the middle for the rest of us.
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