victims and he does not cry in front of others. "It was very hard to come back to work." Three months since the tsunami, how does he cope? "I believe in the Muslim religion. I try to depend on God." "I'm alive and I have to get to my future."

I have a friend in Banda Aceh, and the lead for my first story: Of the 4000 people who lived in the village of Blang Oi in Aceh province, Indonesia, only 470 survived. Boby Oktavia lost his mother, his brother, and his home. After three months of self-assigned guilt since the tsunami, this is Boby's world.Contact information ( * required )

"I just kind of put my head down and started running," said the Bears' first-round pick. "I saw which direction he was going, and I tried to get a good angle on it. Just trying to save a touchdown. You don't want turnovers to turn into touchdowns.

"That's something that they preach here. We're going to show some speed."

Usually team speed doesn't come from the interior offensive linemen, though.

Speed is just one of the physical attributes that led the Bears to use the 20th overall pick on Long in April. It was a reach, according to some, considering Long started just five games of major-college football in his only season at Oregon after two years at Saddleback Community College.

Long didn't even play offensive line