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What Makes A Hero
A hero is only a hero if he or she gives up his or her life for another. A hero doesn’t
have to have super powers and super strength to be a hero. The hero can be a normal
person! In the Disney movie Hercules, the message of a true hero was succinctly
portrayed. From this definition the servicemen in 9/11 were true heroes.
A true hero doesn’t have to have power and strength. A person must be willing to
give himself up for another. To do that, it doesn’t take a superhero strength to make
that choice; instead it requires an unselfish heart. A choice to lay down his or her life
in exchange for another person’s life is a decision anyone can make. The number of
people he saved is not of the essence. He or she is a true hero even if he only saves one
person.
In the movie Hercules, the boy grew strong and rid the world of many monsters that
brought misery to the people’s lives. But when he asked his father why he wasn’t
allowed back into Olympus, his father replied that he wasn’t a true hero yet. So what
constitute a true hero from a hero? Hercules didn’t figure out later that to be a true
hero, he must sacrifice his life in exchange for another, which in this case was for the
liberation of Meg.
There were many heroes in 9/11. The service men and women went into the building
knowing that it was dangerous and that they could die in an attempt to save the people
in the World’s Trade Center. They risked their lives for others which constitute them to
be true heroes.
The heroes in 9/11 were like Hercules, true heroes. The heroes in 9/11 didn’t have
super powers or super strength and yet they were brave and unselfish, sacrificing their
lives to save the ones in the building. That sacrifice has to come from a genuine and
unselfish love, not some conditional or temporal love. That is why the rescue attempts
of the servicemen and women of 9/11 are legendary. Today we honor the people who
went into the building in 9/11 and see them as heroes; remembering them in everyone’s
hearts and memories as true heroes.
A hero is only a hero if he or she gives up his or her life for another. A hero doesn’t
have to have super powers and super strength to be a hero. The hero can be a normal
person! In the Disney movie Hercules, the message of a true hero was succinctly
portrayed. From this definition the servicemen in 9/11 were true heroes.
A true hero doesn’t have to have power and strength. A person must be willing to
give himself up for another. To do that, it doesn’t take a superhero strength to make
that choice; instead it requires an unselfish heart. A choice to lay down his or her life
in exchange for another person’s life is a decision anyone can make. The number of
people he saved is not of the essence. He or she is a true hero even if he only saves one
person.
In the movie Hercules, the boy grew strong and rid the world of many monsters that
brought misery to the people’s lives. But when he asked his father why he wasn’t
allowed back into Olympus, his father replied that he wasn’t a true hero yet. So what
constitute a true hero from a hero? Hercules didn’t figure out later that to be a true
hero, he must sacrifice his life in exchange for another, which in this case was for the
liberation of Meg.
There were many heroes in 9/11. The service men and women went into the building
knowing that it was dangerous and that they could die in an attempt to save the people
in the World’s Trade Center. They risked their lives for others which constitute them to
be true heroes.
The heroes in 9/11 were like Hercules, true heroes. The heroes in 9/11 didn’t have
super powers or super strength and yet they were brave and unselfish, sacrificing their
lives to save the ones in the building. That sacrifice has to come from a genuine and
unselfish love, not some conditional or temporal love. That is why the rescue attempts
of the servicemen and women of 9/11 are legendary. Today we honor the people who
went into the building in 9/11 and see them as heroes; remembering them in everyone’s
hearts and memories as true heroes.
