It may seem less significant now in light of 12 years and 5000 dead service members, but on the morning on 9/11 while most of us were still in *** mode, those two went from zero to hot war in a matter of minutes, and then they (willingly) confronted and orchestrated their own likely demise. On top of that they were going to take down an airliner full of civilians...pretty overwhelming. Even most of the first SOF operators on the ground in theater had weeks to get organized, contemplate what they were getting into and see their families. And the SOF guys were doing the job they had trained to do, against an enemy they had trained for.