Originally Posted by l2ridehd (Post 275824)

Heroes are easy to find. Just walk through Arlington cemetery, the brick walk at the Marine Corp Museum at Quantico with a name of those who gave their life on every brick so we have our freedom, and the many other fallen soldiers who have died so we may live free. Some probably didn't do much but show up at the wrong place at the wrong time, and some did what Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez did and more. But they gave the ultimate sacrifice, their life, so we could enjoy the freedom we have today. Many made it home safe and sound to enjoy those freedoms they fought to protect. Those who serve in all our service branches are my heroes.

Originally Posted by PGB (Post 275909)

Recently I was told about a young Firefighter that was called to a scene of a horrible accident. A head on collision and one of the victims was pinned behind the wheel of the car which was in a ditch. Without thinking he ran to the car and grabbed hold of the door and ripped it off. The man was some what mangled with broken bones which required the firefighter to be very careful getting him out. After warning him of the pain he was about to feel he pulled the man to safety. When
ask later how it felt to be a "hero" he laughed and said "that's my job and that's what I was meant to do"!
Well...that's my son and he is my hero.:super: Knowing what a good man he has become reassures me at my lowest point that I did the job I was meant to do also.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!!

Originally Posted by PGB (Post 275909)

Recently I was told about a young Firefighter that was called to a scene of a horrible accident. A head on collision and one of the victims was pinned behind the wheel of the car which was in a ditch. Without thinking he ran to the car and grabbed hold of the door and ripped it off. The man was some what mangled with broken bones which required the firefighter to be very careful getting him out. After warning him of the pain he was about to feel he pulled the man to safety. When
ask later how it felt to be a "hero" he laughed and said "that's my job and that's what I was meant to do"!
Well...that's my son and he is my hero.:super: Knowing what a good man he has become reassures me at my lowest point that I did the job I was meant to do also.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!!

Originally Posted by eremite06 (Post 275656)

The 343 FDNY firefighters who died on 9-11, for sure!

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1 (Post 275400)

My Heros

"I wish daddy was here." I searched the pool at our development to see the source of the little lipsy, sad voice. I saw him in the shallow end tracing the surface of the water with his tiny hand holding a frogman plastic figure.

A tall slender browned haired woman carrying a second younger child was slowly pushing through the water making her way to him. "You know he's fighting the bad guys buddy in the desert."

"And in the forest," he said moving closer to his mommy. I made my way to the steps in the shallow end to listen to this exchange. "No, just the desert. You remember don't you Tommy. He's fighting the bad guys to keep us safe like Superman."

Our eyes met and Tommy's mom smiled and said her husband, his daddy, was deployed. She said it was hard for her young son to understand that he's in Afghanistan. It is an everyday, many times a day conversation I have when I'm at my house near Ft. Bragg and Pope Air Force Base in NC.

"My daddy's a super hero," Tommy said grinning a gapped beaming smile at me.

With tears in my eyes, I smiled back and splashed his little chest with water. "I don't even know your daddy Tommy, but he's my super hero too."

Originally Posted by eremite06 (Post 275656)

The 343 FDNY firefighters who died on 9-11, for sure!

Originally Posted by nONIE (Post 277085)

PGB,

I can feel the pride in your words. You raised a wonderful son!

I get really tired of the fuss made over these young , beautiful movie stars, what have they really done to earn all this publicity? Its people like your son who deserve the true title "Hero".