Now, that tragedy has become the source of more disheartening behavior, this time by officials of the International Olympic Committee, who adamantly refuse to mark the anniversary of that dark day with a simple moment of silence.
Davern, the former captain of the yacht Splendour, broke his silence with an account of that day in "Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, " a book he co-wrote that was published in 2009.
It doesn't seem much to ask that other journalists -- and why not also political leaders and willing members of the public -- should stop for a minute's silence on one day each year, May the third, to pay tribute and reflect on the courage of those who have died for our right to know.
However, Hussey's was the stand-out performance of the day as he produced an assured innings to silence the critics who had questioned his selection.
Think of the smart, independent, buff, ready-to-kill-if-necessary women from Silence of the Lambs, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Thelma and Louise.
Across the country Tuesday, various cities held ceremonies or moments of silence to mark what President Bush has called the day that changed America forever.
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At Sunday's match, players from both clubs observed a minute's silence and wore black armbands to mark a national day of mourning in Australia for all the victims of the recent bush fires.
Later, the 1966 album "Sounds of Silence" by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel was a hit in its day but not before the duo struggled and split early on.
Sport is an example: professional football was called off on the day of her death but stiff-upper-lip cricket went ahead after a minute's silence.
This enforced code of silence left hundreds of CAIR's victims in the dark such that to this day they have not learned that Days was not an attorney and that he had not filed the legal actions on their behalf for which CAIR publicly claimed credit.
Earlier in the day the Chaplain of the Fleet consecrated the new Colour in a special service, which included a minute's silence for those who have lost their lives serving the country.
Many of us walked past the pit twice a day, and nearly every hour of the year no matter how cold the day there would be visitors staring into it in silence.
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