The man who was supposed to save us: here's the myth: if only our government had listened to John O'Neill, steadfast head of counterterrorism for the FBI, the fatal attack on the World Trade Center could have been prevented. The reality is vastly more complicated. And it's the gap between myth and reality that got John O'Neill killed on September 11.

From: Esquire | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

O'Neill? Oh, yeah, O'Neill would have loved this. Look at the clock. Look at the bartender's face. It's 4:30 in the morning. It's closing time, babe, even in New York, and we're still talking about him. We're still trying to figure him out. We're smoking one cigarette after another and washing them down with Scotch--his Scotch, Chivas. It's his Scotch, and his ungodly hour, in his city, at one of his cherished haunts--and he's dead. John O'Neill died nearly four months ago. He's been eulogized at seven memorial services, and he's been buried near the place where he grew up, and ...

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