CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Afghanistan – “Being there that day and seeing the things I saw left an indelible mark on my psyche, my soul; I couldn’t get beyond it. The more I thought about it I realized I wanted to give back in some way; I wanted to do everything in my power to make sure something like that could never happen again.”
Not a cloud marred the sky in the early morning hours of Sept. 11 as Darryl St. George began his commute from Northport, Long Island, N.Y., to Marymount Manhattan College. The day’s beauty left a lasting impression on him and he was in a great mood as he caught up on some reading during the train ride to school.