Mark Bingham, The Why?

Google Mark Bingham. You'll find a Man.

Mark played for the San Francisco Fog Rugby Club until he lost his life on Flight 93 over the fields of Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001.

I never met Mark. I have heard 100s of stories about him. I could live a 1000 years and never meet his kind.

Mark is King Leonidas. Though 300 is considered gay porn by most of my teammates, I liken that story to his. He went into battle knowing the outcome, his doom.

What does one do when faced with mortality? Technically, nobody lives forever. But when does that thought take hold? Some say it's when your parents pass. Some, the birth of your first child. Is it when a doctor tells you have cancer?

Or, you're in a metal tube with 50 strangers and 4 psychopaths, hurling at 500 miles per hour at 30,000 feet, and you just learned that the friends of the 4 dickheads up front have crashed planes into buildings.

The Bingham Cup is Rugby tournament, celebrating the life of a Man.

Google Mark Bingham. You'll find that Man.