What is a
hero? The word hero is passed around too much these days. A hero is not a football player that scores
the game-winning touchdown or the goaltender who saves his team from a loss. A hero is usually an ordinary person that did
extraordinary things. A true hero is really never a hero at all; at least not in their own mind. Does toughness and
fortitude on the field of sports really constitute toughness and fortitude on the field of battle? No, it does not. A man
who throws his body on a grenade so that the guys to his left and right can go home and see their children is a hero. A firefighter
who disregards his own life for another’s is a hero. True heroes are the people that you do not usually hear about.
They are always in the shadows and never in the spotlight and they would not have it any other way. Author: Art
Green
