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Hero

This is video of, Jasper Sheranga (sp?), the hero who immediately reacted when a terrorist tried to blow an airplane up over U.S. soil on Christmas day as it was descending into Detroit. This is an amazing story of a real life hero. If I was ever in that situation, I’d want to be like Jasper, where I act to stop the situation and not sit paralyzed in my seat while watching myself and all others blow-up. Others who have been interviewed say that Jasper was several seats across and behind the suspect. What an amazing story!

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No Name Heroes

In this CNN video, a soldier recalls being shot numerous times by the Terrorist who killed 14 people and wounded 30+ others at Fort Hood last week. He tears up towards the end of the video as he recalls other soldiers who assisted him in getting to safety. Sgt. Kimberly Munley was the civilian police officer who shot and took down terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan. Sgt. Munley will easily be remembered by many for her brave act of heroism, and rightfully so, but after watching this video, I wonder how many of us would be as willing to risk our lives for another or to act with such courage, if we knew that the person we helped or saved in a distressful situation wouldn’t even know our name? How many of us would still ‘risk it’ if we had no chance of having our names posted on the front page of news sites all across the world? Check out the video…