Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Clark (September 11 attacks survivor)
It has been half a dozen years since there was a serious suggestion that all survivors or all victims of disasters like 9-11 merit coverage here.  Blanket coverage of all survivors and victims does not comply with .  But a small slice of the victims and survivors of disasters like 9-11 either were already notable, or there is some aspect of the coverage of their stories that transcends memorial like coverage.  Evan Kohlmann wrote his Master's thesis on Osama bin Laden.  Pre-9-11 that was not notable.  Post-9-11 Kohlmann parlayed this thesis to make himself the King of the third-party counter-terrorism commentators.  Debra Burlingame was merely the sister of an airline pilot.  Pre-9-11 she was not-notable. Post-9-11 she https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=%22Debra+Burlingame%22&num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=8zL&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbs=nws:1,ar:1&prmd=ivnslo&source=lnt&sa=X&ei=EeiVTeHJJqTh0gGOlrTlCw&ved=0CBMQpwUoCg made herself a notable commentator.  A small number of individuals rose to notability through an association with 9-11.  Our nominator claims Clark is ''"known for just one event (where he did not have an important role)"''.  This is wrong.  Clark is known for testifying before Congress and before the 911 Commission, and for the many interviews, profiles of him in the press and in documentaries.  Clark found an escape route, and several hundred victims on the upper floors could have survived if they had been informed of this route.  Our nominator is entitled to the '''''personal''''' opinion that Clark ''"did not have an important role".''  But we have to comply with  here.  Authoritative references have gone on record that Clark did play an important role.  The opinion of authoritative references trump the '''''personal''''' opinion of our nominator
— User:Geo, 15:02, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOTMEMORIAL||WP:VER (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)