We returned home from a weekend of camping to the news that Neil Armstrong has passed away and I am surprised by the lack of news coverage of the loss of this great American hero. His name will forever be mentioned in the annals of history along with other great explorers like Columbus, Polo, Lewis & Clark, Cook and Hillary.

On his return from the moon he could have had anything he wanted – politics, fame, riches. Instead he chose to return to his native Ohio and teach aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati.

Clearly Armstrong was a great man who believed he was serving a greater good, his nation. He did not go to the moon for himself or for fame or glory.

I shed a tear tonight for Neil Armstrong, one of our nation’s greatest quiet heroes.

May he rest in peace and may one day our nation find the will to continue on the path which he and so many of his predecessors put us on.