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Mount Cag png m Space Bebow) ——Remembering the slain FBI agents To The Editor: Two weeks have passed since two of my fellow ageots died and five more were wounded, I still ask myself: Am I good enough? More than a week bes passed since my fellow agents were buried and others remain hospitalized, thelr fami- ies and friends grieving and trauma- tized. And 1 still ask myself: Am I good enough? What happened to the FB! agents on April 11, 1986 on SW 82nd Avenue in Miami! could have happened anywhere In our country. It could have happened to any law-enforcement agency in our country. On April 11, 1986, it did happen to agents of an organization to which 1] proudly belong. Years of training and experience can never fully prepare any law-enforcement officer for the unexpected nightmare, nor for the shock of sudden death. Try as we may, we are all merely human. We carry badges and guns, but we also feel . | every emotion felt by others. We do try to “protect and serve.” Though some- times as human beings we fai], as a whole the law-enforcement community is as dedicated and selfless as any other on this Earth. And I stil] ask: Am ] good enough? I ask the question because I wasn't on SW 82nd Avenue that morning. f ask the question on behalf of law-enforce- ment officers everywhere who were not on the scene when their partners and friends were wounded or lost their Hives. I ask the question because I need to know if I could have stood In thelr shoes that morning in Miami and have &0 honored my badge. Ld eS ee ee ty em 6 Baek Ge Oe oe ee RALPH L. MORGAN Special Agent FBI Miami we + deveined canna anemia. sd leat PbSe mame of Spare’ ch, and tiste ) | TEE_MIAMI BERALD | Miami, Plorida Dee Page 244 Edtion - , BROWARD - April 25, 1981 Cha elie ' of ‘Ciaretceton S.imtng Ot.ce MIAMI jHedeareng |