Devin
03-04-2007, 05:59 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/oconnor/2006-09-11-oconnor-whittle_x.htm
Jason Whittle led the way, like a pulling guard on a sweep. Among the scores of professional athletes who acted as comforters and caregivers and diversion makers in the wake of an attack that shattered an American way of life, Whittle stands as the early responder, the player who set the tone.
"He was probably the very first one involved," Greg Drake said.
Drake made the phone call on the night of Sept. 11, 2001, asking his best friend to help his dying brother. Whittle had just finished meeting with his fellow Giants linemen. The football players hadn't spent much time reviewing their Monday night loss in Denver; they'd been consumed by a Tuesday morning atrocity of unspeakable scope.
Jason Whittle led the way, like a pulling guard on a sweep. Among the scores of professional athletes who acted as comforters and caregivers and diversion makers in the wake of an attack that shattered an American way of life, Whittle stands as the early responder, the player who set the tone.
"He was probably the very first one involved," Greg Drake said.
Drake made the phone call on the night of Sept. 11, 2001, asking his best friend to help his dying brother. Whittle had just finished meeting with his fellow Giants linemen. The football players hadn't spent much time reviewing their Monday night loss in Denver; they'd been consumed by a Tuesday morning atrocity of unspeakable scope.