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It didn’t seem right that their valorous sacrifice was largely forgotten by the very people they died to protect, and I was determined to reignite a consciousness of that gift. These men and their families deserve our thanks and respect, not only for what they did and what they gave, but for what they represent as defenders of the public against the forces of evil that would otherwise destroy it. They deserve to be honored.
It’s with this goal in mind that I gingerly, cautiously approached my second motivation of delivering a thorough tactical analysis of the incident to determine the lessons that could be learned from the action.2 I am entirely cognizant that any criticisms of the officers and their actions could be misconstrued as a degrading, personal attack on them, but I want to assure the reader that this is not my motivation or intent. These officers acted with great heroism and performed to the very limits of their training and abilities in a frightening, fluid, confusing, and violent action unlike anything most of us will ever face. My evaluation of their actions is not intended to demean them, discredit them, or treat them with any kind of dishonor. Instead, I propose that a thorough analysis that aims at identifying mistakes so that their fellow warriors can learn from them and increase their own survival quotient is the best way to honor their sacrifice. Absent this kind of analysis, the loss of these officers would be purposeless and merely tragic, which is a much greater insult to the memory of these fine men.