Mike Rowe, surprising no one, had a few thoughts on Nike and Colin Kaepernick (see More Bad News for Nike. Check out These Poll Numbers… and UFC Vet Tim Kennedy: All My Military Friends are DONE with Nike). Less about Kaepernick, more about someone who Rowe thought was more deserving to be celebrated for his bravery and sacrifice.

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"We're Going to Do Something." You’ve been very quiet about the Kaepernick PR disaster at Nike. Any thoughts? - Sam Wilder Hi Sam. Nike's free to celebrate whomever they wish, and Kaepernick is entitled to his opinion - kneeling, standing, or lying down. But if I was going to put someone's face on a billboard - someone who epitomized bravery and sacrifice - I might have gone another way, especially this time of year. I might have gone with this guy - Tom Burnett. Tom's last act on earth was one of the most courageous things imaginable. And his last words to his wife, Deena, are among the most inspiring I've ever heard. Those exact words are at the top of this page, and the bottom. They were spoken seventeen years ago, under conditions I hope to never experience. I'll never forget Tom's last words. I hope you won't either. Transcript of Tom's Last Calls to Deena 6:27 a.m.( pacific time) First cell phone call from Tom to Deena Deena: Hello Tom: Deena Deena: Tom, are you O.K.? Tom: No, I’m not. I’m on an airplane that has been hijacked.  Deena: Hijacked? Tom: Yes, They just knifed a guy. Deena: A passenger?  Tom: Yes. Deena: Where are you? Are you in the air? Tom: Yes, yes, just listen. Our airplane has been hijacked. It’s United Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco. We are in the air. The hijackers have already knifed a guy, one of them has a gun, they are telling us there is a bomb on board, please call the authorities. He hung up. 6:31 Deena calls 911 6:34 The phone rang in on call waiting, Tom’s second cell phone call. Deena: Hello Tom: They’re in the cockpit. The guy they knifed is dead. Deena: He’s dead? Tom: Yes. I tried to help him, but I couldn’t get a pulse. Deena: Tom, they are hijacking planes all up and down the east coast. They are taking them and hitting designated targets. They’ve already hit both towers of the World Trade Center. Tom: They’re talking about crashing this plane. (a pause) Oh my God. It’s a suicide mission…(he then tells people sitting around him) Deena: Who are you talking to? Tom: My seatmate. Do you know which airline is involved? Read more: http://bit.ly/WeareGoingtoDoSomething [Link in bio] #september11 #neverforget #brave

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Nike's free to celebrate whomever they wish, and Kaepernick is entitled to his opinion - kneeling, standing, or lying down. But if I was going to put someone's face on a billboard - someone who epitomized bravery and sacrifice - I might have gone another way, especially this time of year. I might have gone with this guy - Tom Burnett.

Tom's last act on earth was one of the most courageous things imaginable. And his last words to his wife, Deena, are among the most inspiring I've ever heard. Those exact words are at the top of this page, and the bottom. They were spoken seventeen years ago, under conditions I hope to never experience. I'll never forget Tom's last words. I hope you won't either.

Don’t worry, we’re going to do something...

Seventeen years ago tomorrow.

On Sepetember 11, 2001.

Tom Burnett was one of the people who helped bring down United Flight 93. Saving who knows how many lives by sacrificing everything. 

Something to keep in mind the next time some idiot talks on the news about Kaepernick's sacrifice. Only thing Colin Kaepernick is sacrificing is turf under his knees.

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