Heroes

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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The Daily Positive: Sheriff Rescues Woman from Fire

It’s back, hopefully for a long time. The Daily Positive is a quick post with a quote and a piece of good news.

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An off duty Sheriff deputy helped save a woman from a house fire.

“Due to the intense flames crews were forced to combat the blaze from the exterior of the home,” Gwinnett Fire Lt. Jerrod D. Barrett said.

Prior to the fire department arriving, the Sheriff deputy assisted with rescuing a female occupant from the back porch using an extension ladder.

It doesn’t have to take a badge or paycheck to be a hero. The Sheriff did what he did most likely because that’s just how he rolls.

Police Officers Are Still Heroes

This is my job: To bring a positive spin to the world. We’ve had a wave of cops killing and hurting people. Unarmed people. People of my color. I feel like the media is looking for more stories now than ever to fuel something.

So, of course, now the black people in my circles, who are already skeptical of cops, have a new level of disgust and fear for police officers. I know I’m not alone when I say this: Not all of them are bad people. I believe a strong majority of police officers are not bad people and want to do the best they can. I don’t think race is a factor for these people.

There is corruption everywhere. This is a fact. You cannot escape it. If you enter a situation, thinking it’s not evil like the last place you were at, think again. There is a type of evil everywhere. My job is not to pretend like these bad things are happening. My job is to remind you of the good that’s going on.

With that said, here is a list of recent “good cop” stories. I can only hope it restores your faith in the man in uniform. The hero.

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Nathan Ernst saved two lives in one night.

It all began on Saturday evening just after 8:30pm when Sgt. Ernst responded to a call of a man who had been found unresponsive in an abandoned home. He quickly discovered the man had overdosed on heroin. Knowing he needed to administer the drug Narcan using a special shot, the man quickly woke up. A little more than two hours later, the call of duty rose once again: this time at a house fire where the heroic cop carried a disabled woman who was bedridden, out of her burning home.

This is what Ernst said:

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Fearless Friday: Community Hero Day

Well here’s something interesting. A day to celebrate the heroes of your town.

Collin’s Community Hero Day is a free event supporting heroes in New Richmond. This is an opportunity for your children to meet the Police, EMS, Fire & Armed Service workers in your community.

This is a day for the kids and their families to get that up close and personal look at what these folks do. But, there’s another side to this story:

The money raised during the event goes into a fund set up in Collin’s name.That money is then given to financially support public safety personnel in the days that immediately follow a traumatic call.

“Many of us feel an obligation to quickly return to work due to money reasons,” Albee said. “We provide a stipend of cash to go for stuff like buying groceries, paying some bills so the emergency responders can take a few days to recover and be with family. Collin’s fund also donates money to programs such as Project Life Saver and other already established programs that aim at helping us help people.”

We gotta do more of that. Don’t our heroes deserve that?

Read more here.

Fearless Friday: Man saves boy from icy pond

We get this story often of how somebody falls under ice and into the body of water. Some freeze. Some are saved.

This is a story of someone saved. But, you already knew that.

Sgt. Shawn Yech saved Andrew Seils. Let’s find out how!

David Place told the Herald-Palladium of St. Joseph that Yech didn’t hesitate. He pulled Andrew from the water using an extension cord he tied around his foot.

“As soon as he set eyes on Andrew, he was running,” he said. “He seemed to know how to read the ice. The way he crawled out there, he snaked around a little bit until he heard the ice popping.”

Andrew survived, although there were some interesting effects.

Andrew’s mother, Melissa Place, said her son lost his voice for a day, but had no permanent damage. Doctors told him to protect his lungs when he was outside by breathing through a scarf.

Still, let’s be grateful for heroes like Shawn Yech.

Fearless Friday: 13 year old saves family from fire

In this new yet old feature on DALANEL, Fearless Friday looks at good news from across the web with one theme: Heroes. This story is a perfect example.

13 year old Ania Polk found that her house was on fire. She got her siblings out of there safely.

The brave girl went back upstairs to get her brothers out of the home. She credits her quick actions to her teacher, Ms. Pamela Scott. She says she learned what to do during health class a few weeks ago. According to the girl’s parents, she created a home escape plan and checking the smoke alarms.

It’s a teacher’s dream when the lessons they give are carried out. That’s awesome for Ania. The entire story can be read here. Take a lesson from this girl and make sure that, in the event of an emergency, you know what the plan is. I learned my tricks from Boy Scouts. But, easily look on the internet for home escape plans. Don’t wish you did.

So…that’s what Fearless Friday is all about. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I’m always trying to tweak some things. So, don’t think this is the usual.

-Dante Writes