Would you brave an electric fence to step between an enraged bull and the woman he’s mauling? Would you go back once, twice, three times into a burning, sure-to-explode car to save its unconscious passengers? Would you jump into the track bed of a subway station as a train was rumbling in to save the life of an unconscious man on the tracks?
These people did. That’s why they were honored as heroes. Would you have done the same?
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Triumph of the Spirit 
December 29, 2010 at 12:04 PM
I love that they’ve had to up their guidelines for rewarding heroic deeds to make it harder to win, the narrator explains, “. . . simply because of the vast number of heroic deeds that occur in day-to-day life. We are fortunate to be living in a society where, regardless of what you hear, people do look out for others, even strangers.” That is the real take-away here for me. We will not know the answer to the question you pose Phil unless and until we are faced with such a situation. For me, it is enough to know that there are so many that do have that hero within, that rewarding them all would be overwhelming!
December 29, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Well put, Lori. Although there is no doubt that you would rise to the occasion yourself and, I suspect, often have.
December 29, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Ah shucks Phil. Now I’m blushing. Thanks for sharing the radio program here. It was magic to listen to this beautiful program.
December 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM
My pleasure, Lori. I was only speaking the truth, but then you know that.