I agree that the PD, FD, EMT victims can certainly be classed as heros. The rest of the people in the WTC and on the planes are victims, lets roll or not.
That's why I could never understand why we paid them, or rather their families, millions of dollars while the poor schmuck that get run over by a drunk driver, the same day, gets squat.
And now their sueing the airlines, NYC and Boeing for more.