When Black is White and Assumptions Fall Flat - Sgt. Jason Thomas Speaks - 2:42 p.m.

For anyone that saw World Trade Center, you'll recall the Marine was a white guy with a midwest swagger. Did he fly in to New York to help out? I forget. Anyway, his character is critical to the movie because he represented the person who first heard the voice in the rubble, which led to the two policemen being rescued. Once again - for those that didn't see it (or read the review) - the movie doesn't focus on the towers being destroyed. It's more about these two cops that were actually rescued from the smoking hole that used to be the World Trade Center.

So this Marine is all over the movie and it turns out that the guy who saved them is actually black.

Does race matter?

Does it matter if Jesus was black or white? I'm taking it back there. Haha

It does matter if you want to get the facts right, and if you want to give a job to a black actor.

I'm just thinking, who could have played this newly tanned Marine? Samuel Jackson? Taye Diggs? Boris Kodjoe, for the ladies? Or the way to get the attention of the raptivized crowd.. 50 Cent? If he can pull off Home of the Brave don't think the studio won't be kicking themselves after learning this new information.

And it is new information.. Sgt. Jason Thomas never came forward to say he was the guy that saved them. To everyone involved with the movie, he was a mystery man. They knew of him, but didn't get the license plate number.. that kind of deal. Jason Thomas didn't even know the movie was being made. It wasn't until his mother told him about the movie and I'm guessing his photographic negative twin brother.. that he decided to say, "Hello, a Brotha is over here."

Don't let me mash up his words. He's more humble than that.

In fact the character, the person who plays you is a Caucasian. They sort of had to pick someone who they thought resembled you just in character. How did you feel to see someone that looks dramatically different from you?

"That didn't bother me at all. My thing was the message.. the message needs to be much stronger and the world needs to see this movie, and I was happy that the movie came out. I was hoping that New York would be ready for it."

Take us back though, you were there. It's 9/11 and you find out what happens. What do you do?

"I took it personally. The attack personally. It's my city. I felt. And I didn't think it was an accident. My mother actually told me about the plane. I was at my Mom's house, I just dropped my daughter off and when I get to the door she tells me, 'A plane just flew into one of the buildings.' I said, 'What do you mean?' She's like, 'A plane just flew into the World Trade Center.' .. I threw on my uniform and just head to New York."

He goes on to describe what he saw when got there and does one of these..... paused when he got to the part about the tower collapsing. It looked like he was thinking of what to say, but if you watch the whole thing you'll see he was really affected by what occurred. To the point that he said he won't see the movie - not yet, "I'm not ready for it."

And don't call him a hero.. "The people that lost their lives, the people that ran back in the buildings to help others, they are the heroes. They should be shown and recognized for their heroism."

Here's the Clip - Sgt. Jason Thomas - Mystery "Hero" of 9/11