In Alex Ross' painting, one of the greatest
fictional heroes and his dog look up in respect to real-life heroes. Both
pieces appeared in DC Comics' "9-11: September 11th 2001" collection.
Source: "The
Image As Witness Collecting Visual Materials from the National Tragedy" Library of Congress Information
Bulletin. September 2002 - Vol. 61, No. 9
"I am always amazed at how these men walk into fires, when the rest of us run from them"
- NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement
that something else is more important than
fear"
- Ambrose Redmoon
Superman
By Five For Fighting
I
can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me
I'm
more than a bird I'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
And it's not easy to be me
Wish
that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see
It may
sound absurd but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
And it's not easy to be me
Up, up
and away away from me
It's all right You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy or anything
I
can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees
I'm
only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
It's
not easy to be me
"I have no ambition in this
world but one, and that is to be a fireman. The position may, in the eyes of
some, appear to be a lowly one; but we who know the work which the fireman has
to do believe that his is a noble calling. Our proudest moment is to save
lives. Under the impulse of such thoughts, the nobility of the occupation
thrills us and stimulates us to deeds of daring, even of supreme
sacrifice."
~ Chief
Edward F. Croker, FDNY
The Prevailing Human Spirit (9-11)
Included in
Society of Illustrators Prevailing Human Spirit Show;