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PROLOGUE
HOW IT BEGAN
THE MISSION EVOLVES
LEADING BY EXAMPLE
A PERSONAL CHALLENGE IS DECLARED
A DEFINING MOMENT
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
AGAINST ALL ODDS
THE MANIFESTO IS CREATED
THE VISION AND THE MISSION TAKE FORM
CHOICES, CONSEQUENCES AND REWARDS
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY
KNOCKING ON DOORS
PERSEVERANCE PAYS OFF
NEXT STEP—THE ENGINEERS
A JOB OFFER
CAN WE BUILD IT?
BACK TO BASICS
SHARING THE ASTRONARIUM STORY
ENTER THE ARCHITECTS
BEDLAM!
A PROFESSIONAL PASSION IS DISCOVERED
WE ARE READY!
BACK TO WORK!
A SHORT BREAK
TRAVELING IN STYLE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE PRESENTATION
APPEARING ON THE TODAY SHOW
COAST TO COAST
A STANDING OVATION
A NEW PRESIDENT BRINGS HOPE
LUNCH AT THE WHITE HOUSE
A GAUNTLET IS TOSSED
A PROMISE KEPT
CAPE CANAVERAL AND THE ASTRONAUTS
MOMENTUM BUILDS
MAKING HISTORY
IT’S A GO!
A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE INVITATION
A SURPRISING AND UNEXPECTED INVITATION
YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE
AMAZING DECISIONS AND TRIPS
VICTORIA’S EPILOGUE
BRUCE’S EPILOGUE
INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX I – ROBERT YOWELL
APPENDIX I
ABOVE AND BEYOND: TULLY’S ASTRONARIUM
INTRODUCTION TO APPENDIX II – VICTORIA
APPENDIX II
Warriors are ageless and timeless and they have appeared throughout history. Some are well known and others are not. Here is a story that many of you may not believe. It took place fifty years ago and our warrior is a sixteen-year-old high school student named Bruce A. Tully.
Bruce grew up tough in an urban working class family. He grew up in what some people called the “blue collar ghettos,” one of the ethnic neighborhoods of New Jersey. Oil refineries and chemical plants surrounded the neighborhood. Smoke stacks billowed across the meadowlands.
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Pushing the pain aside, he rejoined the huddle and screamed at his teammates, “We’ve got to hold them here and we’ve got to hold them now!”
Charlie yelled, “Let’s kill these guys!”
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