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How Heroes Are Made: Washington Heights Fire Dramatic Rescue [Video]
Four stories up, a man’s life hangs in balance as he perches precariously on a window ledge while smoke billows outward. Two neighbors try desperately to help him before firefighters arrive. The...
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Want to Talk? This Guy Will Listen
What’s your superpower? Not all superheroes wear tights, and not all superpowers are BIG. See this guy use his awesome-but-simple power for good. When we think of superpowers, we usually think of...
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100 words on Heroes 12/22: A Call For Submissions
Call for Op-Ed submissions: 100 words on heroes/heroism. —- A hero, according to an online dictionary, is “a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.”...
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100 Words On Heroes
Two men offer their perspectives on heroes for the first ’100 Words on Heroes’. —- A hero works unforgiving jobs without complaint for four decades just so he can take his family on vacations, coach...
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News to Know: 8-Year-Old Hero Saves 6, Dies Trying to Save 7th
— 8-year-old Tyler Doohan is a warrior you need to know about. During the final breaths of his life he waded through a burning mobile home and brought six of his relatives to safety. But his disabled...
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Heroes, Race, and a Man Named Washington
Brian Shea seeks to come to terms with the legacy of George Washington, and without the usual excuses. — People who live near Washington, D.C., often get complacent about the many historical landmarks...
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What Would You Do If the Whole World Thought You Were a Hero For Something...
The whole world thinks you are an amazing hero. All because of one incredible act of bravery that saved the life of 1000s. There’s just one problem–you had NOTHING to do with it. Somehow you got all...
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The Best Man I Ever Met
Jeff Goins shares how a teenage dad living in the Guatemala City dump taught him how to be a better man. ___ His name was Marlon, and he had been raising his brothers and sisters since he was six...
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5 Steps to Begin Building a Heroic Culture
Hero Construction Company’s Adam Hartley investigates how we can all strive to be more heroic in our daily lives. Ask a child, “Who is your hero?” What do you think they will say? We ask this when...
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The Quiet but True Heroism of a Strong Role Model That Is You
Superheroes are iconic. But there’s another kind of heroism that’s far less talked about. ––– A hero is an icon found across all cultures. The hero is traditionally shown as strong, masculine,...
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#75: Paramedic Rescues Doctor Who Rescued Him as an Infant
A California paramedic rescued the same doctor who saved his own life 30 years earlier. ––– This Act of Male Goodness is actually two acts of goodness — 30 years apart. In 2011, Dr. Michael Shannon...
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Gun Dreams
In our fantasies, a gun ends all arguments in our favor.When I was nineteen years old, I took a job as a prison guard in the Middlesex County House of Correction. At that time, the prison was an old...
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Malala’s Miracle & The Road Ahead
Her bravery has created the practical inspiration that leads to real change.The world is still celebrating the great news that came in with the New Year: 15-year-old education activist Malala...
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Iris: The Story of a Polio Mother
The story of a boy from Hardscrabble, Illinois, and his courageous mother.I suppose the first memory I have of her was when I was about 5. We were sitting on the bathroom floor, and I was crying. My...
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Heroes and Heroines
Men, could you hold down the fort while your wife braved the storm to rescue a stranded family member?A few days ago, there was a terrible snowstorm. My home was pretty much cut off in a torrential...
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What Are You Prepared to Do?
In case of a violent attack, J. A. Drew Diaz says that it’s time to embrace the corollary to the Boy Scout motto: be prepared to fight back.Hmmmmm.Police Now Advise Assertive Response to Mass...
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If They Were Somebody. They Are Somebody.
Caring deeply for Guantánamo Bay detainees is not un-American.Another anniversary of 9/11 comes and goes. We light candles and remember the fallen. The anger within many of us is temporarily...
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#51:The Man in the Cowboy Hat
Two senseless tragedies, one heroic father: Carlos Arredondo.#51:The Man in the Cowboy HatAs of this reporting, no one knows why bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon on Patriot’s Day, April 15, 2013....
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The Aftermath: What I Learned from the Boston Bombings
Lisa Hickey was changed by the bombings, in unexpected ways. Here, she shares how.—The first bomb went off at 2:50 pm on Monday, April 15, 2013 at the finish line of The Boston Marathon. I was...
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“In culture, acts of heroism or valor are expected of men, but in reality...
This is a comment by Shalom Ormsby on the post “The Aftermath: What I Learned from the Boston Bombings“.Shalom Ormsby said:First of all, I’m so glad that you and your family are okay. I can only...
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