Hero

Kill The Hero

This is one of those rare times I attempt to shock you into reading a post via an interestingly vague title. But, I am serious: Kill the hero.

The concept of hero has many meanings. The one I want to focus on is this:

Man stops thief from taking purse from old, defenseless lady. He’s now a hero. The man replies “I’m no hero; I just did what I thought was right”.

Right there. We live in a world that doesn’t expect you to do the right thing. When you do, you get a parade. We need to end this. We need to be in a place where everybody is doing their part to stop bad to the point it’s virtually taken for granted.

Some say that a hero is indeed not a hero. In a split second, true character shows. What will you do when you find a wallet with $1,000? What want to do and what you end up doing are different things, although the first thing can often influence the second thing.

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Fearless Friday: Teen Girls Save Man’s Life

A couple of best friends saw a man was in need of CPR and they jumped on the case.

It was about 9 p.m. Nicole Enick pulled over in the parking lot of the McDonald’s off Marine Drive NE. The girls noticed a man in a nearby car wasn’t moving. The man’s friends were gathered around, shaking him and dumping cold water on him. Others were standing around, watching.
Hailey and Jasmine knew what to do. The Everett High School freshmen had recently taken CPR training from their health teacher, Darrell Olson.

Yes, the girls did what they were told in school.

From class, they knew not to stop, Hailey said. After about five minutes, the man started gasping for air. Hailey’s little sister, Meleah, 11, watched it all take place. A few minutes later, police and paramedics arrived and took over. One of the police officers on scene told the girls the man wouldn’t have made it without their CPR, Hailey said. They believed the man, who appeared to be in his 30s, had a drug overdose.

This last quote from mom is sadly true.

“We’re so proud of her,” Nicole Enick said. “I’m so amazed. She was 14 and she was able to keep herself together. You never expect people at a young age to be able to do something like that. Other people just look away.”

Can we change that? Let’s change that.

Fearless Friday: Man is Attacked by knife-wielding thief; Son retaliates

I love it when good stories happen close by to where I live. Okay, no exactly close, but it sure ain’t far.

A man was attempting to rob somebody using a knife. He (Vazquez) demanded money and actually cut the guy. Next thing you know, the son of the victim pushes Vazquez and Mr. V-man runs off. But, the son isn’t done yet. He then proceeds to take down the license plate number.

Vaquez is in jail now.

Good News Friday: Toddler saved by folks after falling on subway tracks

A toddler in a stroller ended up falling on the subway tracks when her mother left the stroller to throw something in the trash. The stroller was not locked and the little girl was like “they see me rollin’; they hatin'”. All terrible jokes aside, she fell. Her mother went in after her but ended up spraining her ankle.

Just as the woman jumped down onto the tracks after the stroller, a few Good Samaritans, the subway cleaner, came to their rescue and helped bring the mother and daughter onto the platform.

Together, they got the girl and the mother out of there. The mother got treated for the ankle and the little girl had a few cuts and a bruise. Both are fine.

-Dante Writes

Hero of the Week: Steve Frame

It’s here. Hero of the Week takes on a story of a hero. Duh, right?

Today’s hero is Steve Frame. He witnessed a car roll of a road as it flipped several times. And, here’s what he did:

Frame pulled his car over to the side of the interstate, jumped over a concrete wall to help the people get out of the crashed car, and called 911. Frame said he didn’t expect the people inside of the car to be okay because the car rolled several times before it landed upside down.

Great job. Here’s how he felt about the events:

“It doesn’t fall into my classification of hero. Courage just doing what one should do under ordinary, or extraordinary circumstances, is what we all should do,” Frame said.

Read the rest of the story here. There’s video.