[Pats2010]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

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.

Amen. And most of their glories do not make headlines.

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by PGB

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. 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!!

Wonderful story, Pat. You should be proud, you've done a good job. Thanks for sharing.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by PGB

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. 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!!

Apples don't fall too far from the tree!

[Peggy D]

Originally Posted by eremite06

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

ABSOLUTELY!!!

Those guys risked their lives to save others, and lost theirs that horrible day.

Firefighters, EMTs--they're all my heros!

[K9-Lovers]

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

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."

BK, are you published? You write wonderfully.

[nONIE]

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".

[GMONEY]

Originally Posted by eremite06

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

What about the Port Authority Police and all others who helped people in that building????? Think they deserve the same recongnition!!!

[Pats2010]

There were many heroes that day that didn't wear a uniform.

[PGB]

Thanks Nonie, you never know what kind of a job you do raising your kids until these kind of things happen. We all have our issues but when push comes to shove I want my boys on my side!

Originally Posted by nONIE

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".

[tpop1]

I saw his Facebook post on the 2 fallen Bridgeport Firefighters who died yesterday said " When everyone else runs out they run in . . . they are our Bravest!!! "...........good definition of HERO's!

A hero can also be an ordinay person doing an extraordinary thing.

Years ago two men parked their car at the bank door, got out leaving it running, put on ski masks and went into the bank. A maintenance man saw this and had the presence of mind to get in the car and drive it away!

IMHO, another kind of quick thinking hero.