"Danny Pearl is not just a dead American journalist," a writer stated.

The goal is to get Danny Pearl back alive.

But reporters like Danny Pearl are more than willing to assume that risk.

Each time a colleague like Danny Pearl is killed, the death sends a shock through the spine of anyone who has ever been a foreign correspondent.

So I understand why Danny Pearl undertook the work he did.

How does it show respect for Danny Pearl to use him to excuse the desecration of anyone's body?

"Somehow I felt that my father and Danny Pearl were in communication," he said.

Danny Pearl was the 10th journalist to die covering Sept. 11 and its aftermath.

Many people outside of journalism have asked another question: Why would Danny Pearl take the risk he did?

But without journalists like Danny Pearl we lose knowledge and understanding.